It would be fair to assume Maxx Crosby’s patience is beginning to wear thin.
Crosby, who has spent his entire career with the Las Vegas Raiders, has endured losing season after losing season. Despite his own best efforts going in vain, Crosby has remained a consummate professional and stayed loyal to his team.
However, with his season coming to an end after an ankle injury, it appears that Crosby’s frustration has started to boil over.
On an episode of his podcast “The Rush with Maxx Crosby,” the star edge rusher sounded off on his issues with how the Raiders are being run.
“Years of inconsistency. New coaches every other year. New teammates,” said Crosby. “And there’s been plenty of times where I’m like, “damn, like, this D line is cold,” and then I come back and every single one of them is gone.”
Crosby compared his situation to that of Cleveland Browns superstar defensive end Myles Garrett, who has endured several losing seasons despite putting up Defensive Player of the Year-caliber years.
Garrett has also voiced his frustrations with the Browns’ constant losing, suggesting that he would be open to moving elsewhere if his team cannot get it together.
“I’m not trying to rebuild. I’m trying to win right now,” said Garrett, according to ESPN’s Daniel Oyefusi.
”And I want that to be apparent when the season is over and we have those discussions. I want them to be able to illuminate, illustrate that for me so that can be something I can see in the near future. Because that’s all we want to do.”
Crosby touched on a number of things as well that he wishes to discuss with the Raiders, including the fact that he has no more guaranteed money on his current deal.
“I have no more guaranteed money,” Crosby said. “Obviously there’s gonna be a lot of things that need to be talked about. And I’m looking forward to those conversations. I’m really looking forward to this off season and the process.”
The Raiders had to fend off trade rumors regarding Crosby during the trade deadline, and they will likely be doing so again this off-season. If Crosby has no guaranteed money left, however, the Raiders will have to explore scenarios where they can get his salary off of their books.
Of course, moving on from Crosby would clearly indicate the Raiders are entering a full-scale rebuild. While Crosby and the Raiders have both suggested before that they would like to remain together, it is a question on whether the player fits the timeline of the team.
For the Raiders, the message sent by Crosby is clear: build a contender, or send him somewhere that will.
