He's back! Maxx Crosby merged superthread

[Corleone]

Tank is full speed ahead!

[RickRyb]

After Week 14 take the last place team in each division and whoever has the BEST record in the final four games gets the #1 pick in the draft.

[Xramfan]

[heavyD]

NFL should incorporate a draft lottery for sure. Think about some of the horrific Raiders teams over the last two decades and it's crazy that the organization has only had a single 1st overall pick in its history. Heck the Raiders have only made 3 x top 10 picks since 2016 and that doesn't seem right given how bad they have been. It would help teams like the Raiders who have been consistently drafting in that 4-16 area, never being bad enough to get a top 3 pick (until Pete and Geno of course). As it is now, teams stuck in the mushy middle pretty well have to tank to get that first overall pick but with a lottery you would probably see a team every couple of years go from 8th to top 3 which to me a good thing as teams like the Giants and Jets who have been perennial bottom 10 teams shouldn't be rewarded for being terrible season after season.

[Attyla]

NFL should incorporate a draft lottery for sure. Think about some of the horrific Raiders teams over the last two decades and it's crazy that the organization has only had a single 1st overall pick in its history. Heck the Raiders have only made 3 x top 10 picks since 2016 and that doesn't seem right given how bad they have been. It would help teams like the Raiders who have been consistently drafting in that 4-16 area, never being bad enough to get a top 3 pick (until Pete and Geno of course). As it is now, teams stuck in the mushy middle pretty well have to tank to get that first overall pick but with a lottery you would probably see a team every couple of years go from 8th to top 3 which to me a good thing as teams like the Giants and Jets who have been perennial bottom 10 teams shouldn't be rewarded for being terrible season after season.

this is because during that span, we have not been mostly bad but mostly mediocre.

[DeathStar24]

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[KillerRaider30]

Bowers being on the sidelines while Maxx was shitposting on Instagram about wanting to play is a bad look. Between that and the way he carried himself during Pierce's hiring process, I can't wash the bad taste out of my mouth. Simply put, we shipped Khalil Mack off for less and he's never carried himself that way in his entire career. At 28 years old Maxx's trade value is at the highest it will ever be, and I'm all in on moving him now.

With a rookie QB, we're no longer on Maxx's timeline, but the rookie's. I'm not interested in waiting for Maxx to be fed up and force a trade in a situation that reduces any type of incoming trade compensation. Trade him now, this offseason. Use the resources to ensure the rookie QB is surrounded with talent. We don't need that type of ego in the locker room during a rebuild.

I agree the future foundation, the new building blocks, of the rebuild are Jeanty, Bowers and Mendoza/Moore.
But I dont agree with trading your Richard Seymour's.
Maxx is one of the biggest names in football and a player who never quits.
Good guy to have around to teach work ethic.
He's one of the faces of the franchise.
Equally important, Maxx is a Raider product. Drafted and raised Raider.
He's a senior vet along with Kolton Miller.
He has 5 years left imo, bc he will never stops.

If we get our QB and the offense shows life Maxx will buy in.

[KillerRaider30]

I'm not sure what he's so upset about. He's going to require knee surgery in the offseason and the last two games are meaningless unless all he cares about is adding to his stats. It's not like his leadership is required for a team that was eliminated weeks ago and is playing out two meaningless games. I'm starting to get tired of his drama. If the team thinks it's for the best, why can't a player just put his personal agenda aside?

Its good drama. Maxx doesn't take a snap off, let alone a game.
He has 10 sacks eyeing 15 with 2 the win giants in town and a 3rd string QB in KC.
Hes around the league lead in TFL.
Yes he wants his stats.

We dont quit is all I read from his antics but hes not a DOCTOR now is he. Right Maxx?

[KillerRaider30]

I'm kinda there with you. Maxx has a big head. It's not his fault. It's this organization's/Mark's fault. I love the guy as a player...... he's just too big for his britches at this point. I woulden't mind trading him in the off season.

Mant greats have a big heads and i dont care.
Production and thats it.

[KillerRaider30]

I've been a bit busy... but has anyone heard any actual quotes or statements from Maxx himself?

Nope. The headlines are first hour speculating.

[KillerRaider30]

Glazer is straight up a Maxx mouthpiece, and the IG posts from Maxx are pretty much the only concrete stuff we have.

link for glazers comment

[Cruisin with Tooz]

Fellas, we're talking about an egotistical idiot that threatened to request a trade if we didn't hire Pierce. What does everyone expect from this clown? Like I've stated a million times, the dude should of been traded last offseason.

What he did this weekend is nothing short of insubordination. I have no problem with him objecting, even vehemently, IN PRIVATE. Once the GM makes the decision, that's it. He can make one benign media interview, then radio silence. I cant imagine a player doing this to Tom Landry, Tex Schramm, Al Davis, Madden, Chuck Knoll, Lombardi, Ditka, etc. If he had tried this on Al Davis, I think a guy like Ben Davidson would have beat the crap out of him. Then Phil Villapiano would have decided that Crosby still had too many teeth. Court martial his butt.

[DanKD]

They need to make peace with Crosby to not sink his trade value. Then ship his ass off before the draft

[Dr Death]

Mant greats have a big heads and i dont care.
Production and thats it.

I understand that. Sometimes they are detrimental to their own good. I'm not sure Maxx is there...yet, but he is acting like a spoiled child, to the detriment of himself and his team. At the very least the FO needs to sit him down and explain that he's just another employee....

He really isn't a need for us at this time. That doesn't mean I don't like him and don't want him to be a Raider. It means that circumstances dictate a trade for the good of his remaining career and the good of the future for the Raiders.

[Attyla]

They need to make peace with Crosby to not sink his trade value. Then ship his ass off before the draft

He is back in the building today, it is much ado about nothing

[BoKnows81]

He is back in the building today, it is much ado about nothing

I wouldn't be so sure about that. He could be getting informed they are gonna get rid of his ass. Seriously though, maybe they are asking him what his intentions are and informing him what theirs are long term. Idk