Raiders fans given Maxx Crosby trade warning by ESPN insider

The Las Vegas Raiders and Maxx Crosby have had a weird offseason. He was traded to the Baltimore Ravens, until he wasn't.

Now, after a supposed failed physical, Crosby is back in Vegas, preparing for the season ahead to play for the Raiders. But there's time.

The public messaging has all been about Crosby putting his head down to embrace staying in Vegas.

ESPN's Dan Graziano writes that it doesn't necessarily have to be that way for Crosby.

"The trade deadline is more than seven months away, folks," Graziano wrote in a new article on Monday. "The excitement of this past week often obscures the fact that the offseason player procurement period lasts for a very long time. The smart teams recognize this and continue pursuing deals and hunting for improvements well beyond the start of the league year. There will be other pockets of time this offseason when trade talks for these and other players flare back up."

He even goes so far as to say Crosby might still be with the Raiders in Week 1.

That wouldn't mean that Crosby is with the Raiders by Week 18.

"As the draft gets closer, teams start to get more serious about trades, because waiting until after the draft means waiting a year to use the picks you get in return for players," Graziano writes. "If not before the draft, talks for these players could heat back up after June 1."

He grouped Eagles WR A.J. Brown in the same conversation as Crosby. Neither was dealt in the first week of free agency. But there's a lot of year left.

"Brown and Crosby might very well be on their current teams when Week 1 rolls around," Graziano writes. "But we shouldn't assume they will just because they didn't get traded last week."

For Raiders fans, this could still go a bunch of different ways. Crosby's fate is far from sealed.

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