{"id":480679,"date":"2026-02-15T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/480679\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:49:08","slug":"patriots-maxx-crosby-trade-hopes-dealt-big-blow-after-raiders-latest-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/480679\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots&#8217; Maxx Crosby Trade Hopes Dealt Big Blow After Raiders&#8217; Latest Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After coming up just short in Super Bowl LX, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/why-patriots-should-cut-hunter-henry-sign-new-tight-end-from-nfc-south\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> are expected to be busy this offseason in an effort to build off the positive momentum they generated in 2025. Right off the bat, one guy the team has been linked to for a potential trade is Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 superstar defensive end <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/potential-patriots-maxx-crosby-trade-is-very-realistic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxx Crosby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the Raiders were awful last season, Crosby did his best to turn in another stellar campaign, as he racked up 73 tackles, 10 sacks, one interception, six pass deflections and two forced fumbles. However, he didn\u2019t take too kindly to being shut down by the team with two games left in the season, leading to trade rumors popping up.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas has a new regime taking over, led by recently hired head coach Klint Kubiak. Unsurprisingly, the Raiders want to keep Crosby around, and it seems as if their decision to promote defensive line coach Rob Leonard to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2022781543987441784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">defensive coordinator<\/a> may have been done with Crosby in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Raiders are expected to hire DL coach and run game coordinator Rob Leonard as their new defensive coordinator, per The Insiders. The two sides are finalizing a deal,\u201d Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported in a post on X. \u201cLeonard earns the promotion, a key hire for coach Klint Kubiak. Leonard is also close with Maxx Crosby.<\/p>\n<p>With Crosby\u2019s future uncertain in Las Vegas, worth noting that the Raiders hired the coach with whom he works directly. As one person noted, \u2018The plot thickens.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Now, this isn\u2019t to say that Leonard wasn\u2019t deserving of his promotion, but it\u2019s worth noting that he has a close relationship with Crosby. Could that help diffuse the animosity between him and the Raiders\u2019 brass, or is it too little, too late?<\/p>\n<p>The good news for the Patriots is that reports indicate Crosby has problems with old friends Tom Brady and Alex Guerrero in the front office, so this may be an inconsequential move when all is said and done. However, it\u2019s clear that Las Vegas isn\u2019t just going to hand Crosby away, which could make pulling off a trade for him more difficult than initially expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After coming up just short in Super Bowl LX, the New England Patriots are expected to be busy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,16818,593,85],"class_list":["post-480679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-maxx-crosby","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}