The Las Vegas Raiders need a major rebound in 2025 after going 4-13 last season and securing the 4th-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. One of their cornerstone players, defensive end Maxx Crosby, was talked about as a trade candidate, but the team put those rumors to rest today.
Las Vegas recently signed the four-time Pro-Bowler to a big-money extension that will keep him on the team for years to come.
Raiders Sign Maxx Crosby To 3-Year, $106.5 Million Extension
Crosby was a fourth round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft and has been the entire Raiders pass rush ever since. He’s accounted for 30% of the team’s sacks and 35% of their pressures in his six-year career. No player has a higher share of his team’s pressures in that span, and only Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt have accounted for a higher share of their team’s sacks in that span.
He has 59.5 sacks and 423 pressures since entering the NFL, which is tied for the 5th-most sacks in that span and the second-most pressures, behind only Garrett (425). Crosby has been a dominant player the last four seasons, making the Pro Bowl each year. In 2022 and 2023 he led the league in tackles for loss with 22 and 23, respectively. He had 12.5 and 14.5 sacks in those two seasons and finished with 7.5 in 12 games a season ago.
Prior to missing five games last season, Crosby had been an iron man. Between 2020-23, Crosby played 88.5% of the Raiders’ defensive snaps. No other edge rusher played more than 77.3% of his team’s defensive snaps in that span.
A Week 2 ankle injury forced him to miss one game, and he decided to have surgery after being ruled out for the team’s Week 15 game. Crosby missed the rest of the season but that didn’t stop Las Vegas from rewarding him with a major contract extension.
Las Vegas Raiders are signing Pro Bowl DE Maxx Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 million extension that includes $91.5 guaranteed, making him the highest paid non-quarterback in NFL history, per sources.
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— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 5, 2025
ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted, “Las Vegas Raiders are signing Pro Bowl DE Maxx Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 million extension that includes $91.5 guaranteed, making him the highest paid non-quarterback in NFL history, per sources.
“For the third time in four years, the Raiders are addressing the contract of their cornerstone player, this time cementing his relationship with the Raiders for the foreseeable future. The deal was negotiated by CJ LaBoy and Doug Hendrickson of @wasserman.”
The six-year pro will average $35.5 million per year, which is higher than Justin Jefferson’s $35 million. Crosby responded to the announcement with a heartfelt video on X saying, “There’s no other place I’d rather be. I want to be a Raider for life.”
Committed To Excellence. Committed To Silver & Black.
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— Maxx Crosby (@CrosbyMaxx) March 5, 2025
Las Vegas recently hired Pete Carroll as its new head coach and will look to rebound from a disastrous 2024. Extending Crosby keeps one of the team’s most important and beloved players in the fold for years to come, and could be the catalyst of a major turnaround.