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Maxx Crosby was traded, and then he wasn't.
The Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens agreed to a deal earlier this offseason to send Crosby to Baltimore in exchange for two first-round picks. The Ravens ended up backing out of the deal, citing a failed physical.
That put Crosby in the odd situation of returning to Vegas and having to play for a team that had already essentially succeeded in trading him.
Everyone said the right things, and they gave off the impression that they wouldn't try to trade him again immediately.
ESPN's Dan Graziano wrote in a new article Thursday, though, that Crosby could still be a logical trade candidate by the 2026 NFL trade deadline.
"Crosby's $29 million salary has become fully guaranteed in 2027, which means any team that acquires him would owe him $59 million in fully guaranteed money over the next two years," Graziano writes. "That isn't a bad number for a player of Crosby's caliber, but he turns 29 in August, and it remains to be seen what he looks like coming off a knee injury that was bad enough to kill a trade. I wouldn't expect Crosby trade talk to heat up again until he gets on a field and shows he's healthy. And from everything I've been told, that could be August or later."
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Graziano goes on to mention the Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears and New England Patriots as four teams that could be interested.
"Crosby might stick with the Raiders all year at this point, but if he's going to get traded at all, we're probably looking at something in-season ahead of the deadline," Graziano writes. "If a team such as the Cowboys, Bills, Bears or Patriots finds itself in contention and in need of an impact pass rusher, things could get interesting here again."
And if Crosby gets traded again, everyone will be waiting for that physical to pass. It's unlikely that bit of lightning could strike twice.
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