Raiders make Crosby NFL’s highest-paid non-QB

• Ryan McFaddenMar 5, 2025, 02:00 PM ET

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  Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Country. Previous to ESPN, McFadden was once a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Put up. McFadden additionally wrote concerning the Baltimore Ravens and College of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Solar.

HENDERSON, Nev. — 4-time Professional Bowl defensive finish Maxx Crosby agreed to a three-year, $106.5 million contract extension with the Las Vegas Raiders that makes him the perfect paid non-quarterback in NFL historical past, resources instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

The extension, introduced with out phrases by means of the Raiders, comprises $91.5 million assured, resources instructed ESPN, and helps to keep Crosby underneath contract in the course of the 2029 season.

“I instructed him closing evening, ‘This isn’t for what you have carried out, however for what you are about to do,'” normal supervisor John Spytek mentioned at a information convention. “He is chasing championships, and so are we.”

Mentioned Crosby: “It is an honor to be held at that prime of a normal. I take that severely.”

His extension, which averages $35.5 million according to season, surpasses the ones for Vikings huge receiver Justin Jefferson ($35 million AAV), 49ers edge rusher Nick Bosa ($34.2 million) and Cowboys huge receiver CeeDee Lamb ($34 million). It is the first deal of a hectic offseason for edge rushers around the league, with Trey Hendrickson, Myles Garrett, Aidan Hutchinson, T.J. Watt and Micah Parsons additionally in line for brand new contracts.

Crosby has advanced into one of the most league’s best edge rushers for the reason that Raiders drafted him within the fourth spherical of the 2019 draft. Since coming into the league, Crosby has totaled 59.5 sacks — tied for 5th maximum within the NFL — and is 3rd in franchise historical past in the back of Greg Townsend (107.5) and Howie Lengthy (84).

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In 2024, Crosby totaled 45 tackles and seven.5 sacks in 12 video games prior to his season was once reduce brief on account of ankle surgical treatment.

He had two years left — with a base wage of $22.2 million in 2025 and $18.8 million in 2026 — at the four-year extension he signed in 2022, however he did not have any further assured cash. Ultimate offseason, the Raiders gave Crosby a $6 million elevate forward of the 2024 marketing campaign whilst transferring $1.2 million from his 2026 wage into 2025.

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The Raiders have made the playoffs best as soon as in Crosby’s six years with the group, however he is hopeful issues will flip round underneath Spytek and head trainer Pete Carroll.

“I’m extraordinarily excited and motivated,” mentioned Crosby, who added that he is “getting shut” following surgical treatment and has been working at the treadmill. “I’ve been right here for seven years and it’s been a blessing. … A large number of other folks on this construction have helped me. I’m about to be 5 years sober in every week and with out that, I would not be right here.”

Spytek mentioned Crosby’s deal units the tone for a brand new generation for the Raiders.

“We need to develop this to a spot that folks need to be,” Spytek mentioned, “When Maxx — and it is no secret it hasn’t been sunshine and roses right here — makes a dedication to the Raiders and stands for the whole thing [we] discuss, that speaks volumes. I am hoping it is spotted across the league.”

Spytek did not remark on the NFL scouting mix on whether or not a brand new take care of Crosby would get carried out this offseason, however he made it transparent that he sought after the 27-year-old defensive finish to be in Las Vegas for the longer term and that Crosby embodies the kind of gamers he and Carroll need for the group.

“This can be a large dedication, and there is not any one we would reasonably do it with than Maxx,” Spytek mentioned. “And what he stands for, the best way he performs the sport and the eagerness. That is what Trainer and I’ve mentioned, and movements are louder than phrases.”