49ers believed to have enough to trade for Maxx Crosby after Myles Garrett trade to Rams

The Cleveland Browns definitely made the Rams a much better team on Monday, and there's a real argument now that not only are the Rams one of the elite teams in the NFL, and already were, but are now the best team in the league.

Teams like the San Francisco 49ers will have to react to that, which is why it was interesting that they were recently linked to a potential trade for Maxx Crosby, who some believe could be the next star edge rusher to be traded after his failed trade with the Baltimore Ravens just a few months ago.

“I think [the 49ers] could do [trade for Crosby] for two firsts; maybe it would not even take two firsts,” Grant Cohn said. “The fact that he failed that physical, maybe they could trade him. I do not know. So I guess the Raiders are feeling like, why trade low? Why sell low? Get him back on the field, see what he can do, see what he can show. Maybe they can rehabilitate his trade value.

“So let us say the Raiders are unwilling to trade Maxx Crosby until the deadline, when they are definitely out of it, and Maxx Crosby is once again worth two first-round picks. I would trade the picks unless the season was going off the rails and he would not save it. But I do not see the season going like that.”

If the Raiders don't want to move on from Crosby now, which could make sense due to the reality that he reportedly failed a physical, trading him in-season would make a lot more sense if teams start to figure out that Crosby is a lot healthier than the Ravens made him out to be. If the 49ers get that feeling, there's really no reason not to be involved with him if the price is right.

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