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Maxx Crosby is staying in Sin City.

The star pass rusher signed a contract extension with the Raiders on Wednesday, the team announced, with multiple reports stating it’s a three-year, $106.5 million deal with $91.5 million guaranteed, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

Crosby was asked about receiving the richest contract outside of quarterbacks at Wednesday’s news conference.


  The Raiders signed Maxx Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 million contract extension. Getty Images The Raiders signed Maxx Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 million contract extension. Getty Images

He downplayed the significance of it, saying his focus was on helping the team succeed on the field.

“I’ve said it a million times, I feel like I was meant to be a Raider,” Crosby said. “I love being here. I love the people. You look at all the legends that created what this brand is, and that’s winning. Ted Hendricks, Marcus Allen, Charles Woodson, the guys like that that I look up to. That’s what I want to solidify, and those guys are all about winning.”

Crosby, 27, had two years remaining on a four-year, $94 million contract.


  Maxx Crosby Getty Images Maxx Crosby Getty Images

The four-time Pro Bowler has been one of the premier defensive ends in the NFL since being selected by the Raiders in the fourth round of the 2019 draft — ahead of their final year in Oakland before moving to Las Vegas — racking up 59.5 sacks, 144 quarterback hits and 105 tackles for loss during his six pro seasons.

Crosby, who had 7.5 sacks in 12 games during the 2024 season, is on the verge of becoming just the third Raiders player since at least 1982 to reach 60 sacks.

“I told him last night, ‘This isn’t for what you’ve done. This is for what you’re about to do,’” general manager John Spytek said. “He’s about chasing championships and so are we. That’s why we’re excited to start.”

The Raiders have finished below .500 in four of Crosby’s six years and they’ve made the playoffs just once during that stretch; they lost to the Bengals in the wild-card round in the 2021-22 season.

Crosby has stated a desire to be a “Raider for life” but also has expressed frustration at times with how things have gone for the franchise, which finished 4-13 this past season and fired Antonio Pierce after just one season as the team’s full-time head coach.

NFL Network reported before Super Bowl 2025 that Crosby’s future with the team was “up in the air,” and the Raiders still have a massive void at quarterback.


  Maxx Crosby (r.) and new Raiders head coach Pete Carroll (l.) Getty Images Maxx Crosby (r.) and new Raiders head coach Pete Carroll (l.) Getty Images

Crosby said on his podcast “The Rush” that he hopes the Raiders sign Aaron Rodgers after the Jets decided to move on from the 41-year-old.

And so he will stick it out in Vegas after the Raiders hired former Super Bowl-winning coach Pete Carroll — getting paid handsomely in the process.

— with AP

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