Raiders open up on Maxx Crosby IR decision and his future in telling twist to walkout drama

The Raiders further explained their side of the Maxx Crosby drama one day after he walked out of the team’s facility, once the decision was made he would not play Sunday.On Friday, Las Vegas made clear it wanted to sit the five-time Pro Bowler for the final two games of the regular season — including this weekend’s matchup with the fellow 2-13 Giants — over injury concerns, leading to him leaving the building.One day later, the Raiders said they’d be putting him on season-ending injured reserve and that they hope to have Crosby in the fold for years to come.

“We have made the decision to place Maxx Crosby on the Reserve/Injured list for the remainder of the 2025 season,” the Raiders said.“After deliberate and thorough consultation with multiple top medical professionals, it became clear that this decision is in the best interest of both the franchise and the player.“Maxx is the ultimate warrior, and he has fought extremely hard to compete each week with his teammates since injuring his knee mid-season.”Around the same time as the Saturday statement from the team came out, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Crosby was expected to need knee surgery that would keep him out into the offseason.Crosby has dealt with the knee injury since October, and on Friday, head coach Pete Carroll told reporters that a team evaluation earlier this week said his knee “looks too bad.” The bench boss added that he would have probably walked out of the facility as well if he were in Crowby’s shoes.“He knows that he’s banged up, so he’s talking about, ‘I’d like to get out of here.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, get out of here.’ So he took off,” Carroll said.

“… This didn’t just spring on him.We’ve been talking about it, and it was exactly what you would think he would do and he should do.

I agree with him 1,000 percent on how he responded, and I [would have] responded the same way.”With the Raiders and Giants potentially playing to see who w...