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Raiders DE Maxx Crosby announces his season is over, on ‘war path’ to return to form

Maxx Crosby took to instagram to make it official that he will have surgery on his injured ankle and miss the rest of the season.

In a lost season for the Raiders, they have also watched as a great many of their best defenders have been lost for the season. And Saturday came the news that the team will now be without their best defender for the final four games.

Defensive end Maxx Crosby had been dealing with a serious ankle injury most of the season. It had caused him to miss his first ever game early in the season, and though he return the following week, he was still dealing with it. And this week, he made the decision to shut it down and have surgery.

“As much as this pains me to write, I will not be playing the rest of the season,” Crosby wrote in a post on instagram. “Second time this year getting rolled up on the same ankle and now it will require surgery.”

Maxx Crosby has announced via his Instagram page that he will miss the rest of the season. #Raiders

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— Levi Damien (@levidamien.bsky.social) December 14, 2024 at 5:46 PM

Crosby said the injury happened in the game in Tampa last Sunday. No one thought much of it when he missed practice this week, making it a surprise when he was ruled OUT for the Monday night game  vs the Falcons. A short time later, Crosby made the announcement his season was over.

“I will get this surgery & be on a war path for greatness everyday and be back the best version of myself,” Crosby added.

Getting the surgery done now instead of waiting until after the season will help him jumpstart his recovery to return to the team in time for offseason activities.

Falcons vs Raiders injury report: Latest updates, news for Week 15

All the latest updates and news on Raiders injury report ahead of a Week 15 game vs. Falcons

The Raiders take on the Falcons on Monday Night Football this week. Saturday the final injury report came out for the Week 15 matchup.

Raiders, Falcons injury report

CB Nate Hobbs injury update

Hobbs has been removed from the injury report and is expected to start for the first time in four weeks.

DT Adam Butler injury update

Butler suffered a concussion in week 14. He practiced full Saturday and is officially Questionable.

DE Maxx Crosby injury update

Crosby is dealing with an ankle injury that caused him to miss the entire week of practices and he is officially OUT for the game. It will be the second game he has missed this season with an ankle injury.

CB Sam Webb injury update

Webb is officially Doubtful with a back injury.

QB Aidan O’Connell injury update

O’Connell has been dealing with a knee injury. He missed the entire week of practices and is Questionable for the game. Should he not be able to go, he will be replaced as the starter by Desmond Ridder.

Raiders, Broncos final Week 5 injury report: Maxx Crosby Questionable

Maxx Crosby Questionable on Raiders injury report

Finally some good news on the Raiders injury report. After seeing their already lengthy list of injured players who missed practice get even longer on Thursday, Friday brought the return of some key players to practice along with the chance that they are able to play Sunday in Denver.

Most notable, of course, being Maxx Crosby who returned from his ankle injury Friday and is officially Questionable for the game.

Also returning to practice Friday after missing the first two practices of the week were LB Divine Deablo, G Dylan Parham, WR Tyreik McAllister, and LB Kana’i Mauga. All of whom are officially Questionable for the game.

Those officially out include WR Davante Adams (hamstrong), T Thayer Munford (knee/ankle), CB DeCamerion Richardson (hamstring), TE Michael Mayer (personal), S Trey Taylor (knee), RB Zamir White (groin), and LB Luke Masterson (knee).

Replacing Munford at RT will be rookie DJ Glaze. Replacing TE Michael Mayer will be Harrison Bryant. Replacing WR Davante Adams is Tre Tucker. Replacing LB Luke Masterson is Tommy Eichenberg.

Out for the Broncos is RB Tyler Badie (back).

Injury update: Maxx Crosby returns to practice as Raiders prep to face Broncos

Maxx Crosby was back at practice Friday as Raiders prep to face Broncos

Maxx Crosby doesn’t like missing games. So much so that last week was his first missed game of his career. He especially hates the idea of missing games against rivals. So, it’s not surprising he’s doing everything he can to be available this week when the Raiders travel to Denver.

The sixth-year pro missed the first two practices this week, but was seen working on the side on Thursday. Friday, Antonio Pierce announced that Crosby was back at practice and will be listed officially as limited for Friday’s practice.

His official game designation will be known when the injury report is released, but his return to practice opens up the possibility that he could play Sunday against the Broncos.

Crosby has a high ankle sprain and it’s serious enough to have hobbled him in the team’s Week 3 loss to the Panthers, which led to him missing last week’s game against the Browns.

Last season Crosby had a serious knee injury that had him Doubtful for the team’s matchup with the Chiefs. He was even hospitalized because of it, but miraculously still started the game on Christmas Day and the Raiders went on to beat the Chiefs.

This week Antonio Pierce said he wants to “protect Maxx Crosby from Maxx Crosby” so this one will be a day-to-day situation.

Raiders approach to Maxx Crosby injury status to ‘protect Maxx… from Maxx’

Raiders approach to Maxx Crosby injury status to ‘protect Maxx… from Maxx’

Last Sunday against the Browns was the first game Maxx Crosby missed in his six year career. He fought through the injury the week before, missing an uncharacteristic number of snaps, and when he was in the game, he was clearly not himself.

After the game, I asked him how the ankle compared to the serious knee injury he played through last season, and the indication was that the high ankle sprain was worse in terms of his game experience.

We all know if it were up to Crosby, he would be out there playing. And probably wouldn’t miss practice either. Crosby discussed the decision to play last season against the Chiefs on that injured knee despite being listed as Doubtful on the final injury report, saying he told then GM Champ Kelly “This is my decision, I’m playing.”

Antonio Pierce and Tom Telesco are clearly not letting Crosby call the shots on his injury status this time.

“It’s a long season,” said Pierce. “It’s an injury that…if you think about it, last year the injury happened later in the season, so we’re scrambling and scratching and clawing trying to get in the playoffs. Now, it’s early. If you can take advantage of the early games, early part of the season, get him healthy, got a bye week in the middle. At the end of the day, my job is to protect Maxx Crosby from Maxx Crosby. If it was up to Maxx, he’d be out there practicing every day and in every game and not miss one snap. We’ve seen that over the years. But as you look at the player, you look at the organization, you got to do what’s best for both. And that’s what we’re doing with Maxx.”

Media on hand at practice noted that Crosby is not at practice today. To that Pierce said Crosby is “still battling.”

Raiders Week 4 snap counts vs Browns: Who got bulk of playing time replacing injured starters

How did the playing time shake out replacing Raiders injured starters vs Browns

Due to the string of injuries to Raiders starters, the lineup that took the field for them on Sunday was almost unrecognizable.

The offense was without several starters including WR Davante Adams, RT Thayer Munford, and TE Michael Mayer.

In their stead, WR Tre Tucker saw 50 snaps (85%), Harrison Bryant saw 45 snaps (76%), and DJ Glaze saw all 59 offensive snaps at right tackle.

Also making his debut on the offensive line was Jackson Powers-Johnson who played ever snap at guard.

On the defensive side, they were without both original starting defensive ends with Maxx Crosby being lost this week. They also recently lost safety Marcus Epps for the season and were without LB Divine Deablo as well.

The edge rushers were led by Tyree Wilson’s 42 snaps (71%) and K’Lavon Chaisson’s 41 snaps (69%). Then Charles Snowden got 29 snaps (49%) and Janarius Robinson had just eight snaps (14%).

Jack Jones was benched early in the game, giving Darnay Holmes 12 snaps (20%). While Jones would end up playing 39 snaps (66%).

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Delmar Glaze T 59 100% 4 15%
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 59 100% 4 15%
Kolton Miller T 59 100% 0 0%
Gardner Minshew II QB 59 100% 0 0%
Andre James C 59 100% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 57 97% 0 0%
Dylan Parham G 51 86% 4 15%
Tre Tucker WR 50 85% 3 12%
Brock Bowers TE 48 81% 0 0%
Harrison Bryant TE 45 76% 5 19%
Zamir White RB 35 59% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 25 42% 0 0%
Alexander Mattison RB 21 36% 0 0%
Cody Whitehair G 8 14% 4 15%
John Samuel Shenker TE 5 8% 12 46%
Tyreik McAllister RB 4 7% 6 23%
Andrus Peat G 4 7% 4 15%
Alex Bachman WR 1 2% 9 35%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 59 100% 3 12%
Robert Spillane LB 59 100% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 59 100% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 56 95% 0 0%
Nate Hobbs CB 55 93% 0 0%
Christian Wilkins DT 53 90% 4 15%
Adam Butler DT 50 85% 4 15%
Tyree Wilson DE 42 71% 3 12%
K’Lavon Chaisson LB 41 69% 5 19%
Jack Jones CB 39 66% 0 0%
Luke Masterson LB 34 58% 22 85%
Charles Snowden DE 29 49% 0 0%
John Jenkins DT 24 41% 5 19%
Amari Burney LB 12 20% 19 73%
Darnay Holmes CB 12 20% 7 27%
Tommy Eichenberg LB 11 19% 19 73%
Janarius Robinson DE 8 14% 3 12%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 6 10% 5 19%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Amari Gainer LB 0 0% 22 85%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 20 77%
Thomas Harper FS 0 0% 18 69%
Ameer Abdullah RB 0 0% 16 62%
Sam Webb CB 0 0% 11 42%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 9 35%
Dylan Laube RB 0 0% 9 35%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 9 35%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 9 35%
Jonah Laulu DT 0 0% 5 19%
Jordan Meredith G 0 0% 4 15

Raiders make several roster moves ahead of Week 4 matchup with Browns

Raiders did some work to add depth to the roster when they face the Browns Sunday.

Due to a string of injuries at various positions for the Raiders, they shuffled around some players ahead of their game against the Browns on Sunday.

First, they signed John Samuel Shenker from the practice squad. Shenker spent the past two offseasons with the Raiders. His addition was to add depth with Michael Mayer not playing due to personal reasons.

In a corresponding move, the Raiders waived wide receiver Ramel Keyton who impressed in camp and preseason as an undrafted rookie out of Tennessee.

Since they still need depth at receiver due to Davante Adams not playing, they activated Alex Bachman from the practice squad. Bachman had been added to the offseason roster late in training camp.

Also getting a call up from the practice squad was DE K’Lavon Chaisson. He was signed to the practice squad a couple weeks ago in light of the season-ending injury to Malcolm Koonce. Now with Maxx Crosby expected to miss Sunday’s game with an ankle injury, the former first rounder gets the call up.

Raiders to deploy couple former 1st round EDGE in place of injured Maxx Crosby

Raiders to deploy couple former 1st round EDGE in place of injured Maxx Crosby

Let’s be honest, there’s no replacing what Maxx Crosby brings to the Raiders defense. But the Raiders have to try because Crosby is not expected to play Sunday when the Browns come to town. He is listed as Doubtful for the game and head coach Antonio Pierce said Friday that Crosby would be OUT.

It will be a group project trying to replace Crosby. And that group will include two former first round picks.

Saturday the team activated K’Lavon Chaisson from the practice squad. Chaisson was the 20th overall pick by the Jaguars in 2020 and was signed to the Raiders practice squad a couple weeks ago, following the loss of Malcolm Koonce to a knee injury.

Chaisson will join Raiders another former first round pick in Tyree Wilson who was the Raiders pick at seventh overall in the 2023 draft.

Others who will try and pick up the slack will be Janarius Robinson and Charles Snowden.

3 causes for concern as the Raiders face the Browns Sunday

The biggest causes of concern for the Raiders in their Week 4 matchup with the Browns on Sunday.

I know what you’re thinking right now. What about this Raiders team *isn’t* a cause for concern right now? That’s fair. But I suppose some things are more glaring than others. Here are three big ones that come to mind.

Myles Garrett

Antonio Pierce was asked for his thoughts on Myles Garrett and he summed it up with one word – “Scary”. Garrett is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and for good reason. He was in the top ten in sacks (14), tackles for loss (17), and QB hits (30), and pressures (86). Now, you can argue Maxx Crosby was better considering Crosby had better numbers in every one of those categories, but that’s not really the point here.

The point is Garrett is a problem. And the Raiders offensive tackles have not exactly shown the ability to keep even decent pass rushers out of the backfield this season. Even Kolton Miller has been uncharacteristically susceptible to getting beaten. And rookie DJ Glaze will be making his first start on the other side.

Stars injured

No question the Raiders have exactly two stars on their team. Maxx Crosby on defense and Davante Adams on offense. Neither of whom will play Sunday. Crosby is officially listed as Doubtful by Antonio Pierce said Friday Crosby would be OUT. Adams suffered a hamstring injury in practice this week and he’s been ruled OUT.

Even with Crosby playing last week, the defense gave up 36 points because Crosby was hobbled and not destroying the offense’s game plan. Now, to be without him entirely? Yikes.

The only game the Raiders won this season was when Adams was caught nine passes for 110 yards and had some masterful late game heroics. He won’t be an option in the pass game this week.

League worst ground game

Despite Raiders OC Luke Getsy’s laughable comment that the Raiders run game showed some improvement last week, it hasn’t. Their 2.8 rushing yards per attempt is easily the worst in the league. 

And get this, they are ALSO the worst run DEFENSE in the league, giving up a league worst 5.4 yards per carry.

The Browns are decent both in terms of yards per carry on the offense (4.3) and yards per carry allowed by the defense (4.4). Both stats are above league average.

Also see: 3 Reasons for optimism for Raiders vs Browns

String of injuries instantly flips Raiders from favorites to underdogs vs Browns

In a matter of moments, Raiders went from favorites to underdogs vs Browns

Antonio Pierce took to the podium Friday and in a matter of moments sent a shockwave through the oddsmakers. All with one word — OUT.

Pierce was asked about the game status for several Raiders starters for Sunday’s game against the Browns. His response each time?…

Maxx Crosby? OUT

Davante Adams? OUT

Michael Mayer? OUT

Divine Deablo? OUT

Thayer Munford? OUT

The Raiders opened this week as two-point favorites over the Browns. And in with Pierce’s announcement, the oddsmakers flipped it to the Browns being favored by 1.5 points.

The week started with both teams missing their best player and elite edge rushers. While Crosby was nursing an ankle injury, he was expected to play just as he always has. But he will end up missing the first game of his career.

Meanwhile the Browns started the week with Myles Garrett missing practice only to get him back the next day and they expect him to play Sunday.

Add Davante’s sudden hamstring injury and scratch and there’s your 3.5-point swing right there.

See: 5 Raiders who will attempt to fill the shoes of Crosby and other missing starters