Maxx Crosby is simply a rookie again with the Las Vegas Raiders astatine grooming camp. Sort of.
Speaking Tuesday connected his podcast “The Rush” successful beforehand of his eighth play with the Raiders, Crosby announced he’s joining the rookies successful reporting to campy Thursday. More than six months removed from the surgical procedure with which helium repaired his torn near meniscus, the antiaircraft extremity said he’s connected way to signifier without carnal restrictions erstwhile campy begins.
“I’ll beryllium retired determination for campy to start. I’ll beryllium retired determination Day 1,” Crosby told person and co-host Brogan Roback. “I deliberation the archetypal clip connected the tract is Friday for similar an hr oregon something, and I volition beryllium retired there, nary restrictions. Able to bash what I do, and I’m truthful f——-g excited astir it.”
Crosby besides said the Raiders volition bounds his workload aboriginal successful camp.
“We’ll beryllium retired determination successful the beginning,” helium added. “From what I cognize now, it’s going to beryllium somewhat constricted successful the beginning. It’s a flimsy buildup … to get backmost successful the plaything of things. They’re going to person a program for me. But yeah, I’m backmost and I program to beryllium better.”
Crosby said helium couldn’t locomotion for 2 months aft surgery, rehabilitation the past respective months astatine his team’s office successful Henderson. He said he’s reporting to campy with the rookies due to the fact that he’s “coming disconnected an injury” but noted his excitement fixed his comparative inactivity.
“I’m backmost connected the tract this morning, doing alteration of direction, f——-g rolling, bro,” Crosby said. “I feeling incredible, bro. So I’m ace excited astir that, feeling similar myself, the champion mentation of myself, and conscionable doing what I emotion astir and it’s been unthinkable truthful far.”
Crosby played done his torn meniscus for much than fractional of 2025, finishing the play with Pro Bowl honors (for the 5th clip consecutively), 10 sacks and 28 tackles for loss. The Raiders agreed to commercialized Crosby successful March to the Ravens for 2 first-round draught picks, but Baltimore backed retired of the deal amid concerns that followed his carnal examination.
On his podcast, Crosby mentioned the “chaos, adversity, the full nine” helium experienced during the offseason, but erstwhile again noted it’s his best to date: “It’s been the champion offseason for sure. I’ve grown truthful overmuch successful truthful galore ways. … I’ve been itching (to get backmost connected the field). Didn’t adjacent get to bash OTAs. I had to beryllium retired similar a bittersweet puppy connected the side, conscionable watch. Finally get backmost retired there, get an aboriginal start, which I’m fired up about, get a caput commencement with the rookies. So, I’ll beryllium retired determination getting to it. Just highly blessed and excited.”
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