This past season didn’t end well between the Las Vegas Raiders and star pass rusher Maxx Crosby.
The team and player reportedly had a disagreement over Crosby being placed on injured reserve due to a knee injury, which reportedly led to Crosby leaving the team facility after being told the Raiders were shutting him down before the second-to-last game of the regular season against the New York Giants.
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The optics weren’t great for the organization, with the Raiders and Giants both in contention for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft — a pick Crosby said in December he “[doesn’t] give a s*** about.”
Just this week, Crosby sent out a cryptic tweet that read, “Ships that wait for the perfect winds never sail.”
It sure feels like the two-time All-Pro’s tenure with the Raiders might be done. Does Fox NFL Insider Jay Glazer think so?
“I do,” he told Yahoo Sports Daily as a guest on Wednesday in San Francisco.
“Before the draft?” asked co-host Jason Fitz.
“Yeah, probably. Yeah,” Glazer answered.
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Glazer added that Crosby doesn’t want to go through another rebuild, and that “no less than 20 teams” called him after news broke of Crosby’s discontent. The NFL saw a star pass rusher traded very recently, with the Dallas Cowboys sending Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers right before the 2025 season kicked off in exchange for two first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
Glazer said on Yahoo Sports Daily a potential trade haul for Crosby would land “probably more than Micah.”
Glazer: ‘I think people are gonna go after’ Joe Burrow
When asked by Fitz and Daily co-host Caroline Fenton what other storylines he’s keeping an eye on this offseason, Glazer mentioned Joe Burrow’s future with the Cincinnati Bengals.
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“I wanna see what happens with Joe Burrow,” he said.
Burrow hinted late this season he wasn’t having “fun” anymore amid all the injuries and losses that have piled up with the Bengals the past three years. Burrow led Cincinnati to the Super Bowl in just the second year of his career and another AFC title game berth the following season, but the franchise has underwhelmed for various reasons ever since.
Burrow later said he expects to be with the Bengals in 2026, but didn’t deny thinking about opportunities elsewhere down the line.
“You think that’s real? You think that Joe could end up somewhere else?” Fitz asked Glazer Wednesday.
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“I just … I wanna keep my eye on it,” Glazer said. “I think people are gonna go after it. Doesn’t mean [the Bengals] are gonna be willing to do it, but I think people are gonna go after it.”
Aaron Rodgers has talked with Mike McCarthy since Steelers hired him
Glazer also offered some insight into where things stand between Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy, who spent 13 seasons coaching Rodgers in Green Bay and was just hired as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ new head coach.
“Him and Mike McCarthy have talked,” Glazer said. “I think it’s more an appreciation for Mike now than he had, by a lot. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
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McCarthy said he wants Rodgers back at QB for a second season with the Steelers and 22nd in the NFL overall.
Does that mean Rodgers will return? That remains to be seen. But an early hurdle has been cleared.
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