Raiders Make Final Designation on Maxx Crosby Injury
t looks as though a Maxx Crosby injury will cause the Las Vegas Raiders star to experience something new this week when the team faces the Chiefs on Sunday night. He will be watching on the sideline, out with a knee injury.
Crosby is listed as doubtful on the Raiders’ injury report after missing the entire week of practice heading into Sunday.
As the folks at Q4, which provides news and stats for Heavy Sports, wrote: “Crosby failed to practice in any capacity throughout the week and is trending toward his first absence of the season. The star
defensive end has 10.5 sacks through 11 games, so if Crosby sits out Sunday, that would likely result in more time for Patrick Mahomes to make plays from the pocket for Kansas City.”
In fact, it would be the first time a Maxx Crosby injury forces him to sit out in his career, a run spanning 77 games since he was drafted in 2019. That includes 70 straight games in the starting lineup.
And if you’re hopeful that “doubtful” does not mean 100% out, that’s true, but players listed as doubtful usually do not play. Per NFL rules, the definition of doubtful has changed from the days when it meant only a 25% chance of playing, to now meaning, “Unlikely to play.”
Maxx Crosby Injury Especially Tough in Chiefs Week
It will be especially unfortunate in that this Maxx Crosby injury will prevent another Patrick Mahomes matchup, and not just because the Raiders are without their top pass-rushing weapon while facing, arguably, the top quarterback in the NFL and perhaps the best overall player in the league.
The intensity of the rivalry between Crosby and Mahomes was on full display during the Netflix program “Quarterback,” which showed a very worked-up Mahomes going after Crosby with trash talk during a Week 5 win in which the Chiefs rallied form a 17-0 deficit to beat the Raiders.
“I mean, I don’t like playing against him because I know what type of player he is and the mindset he comes in with,” Mahomes said this week, per Chiefs Wire. “But, yeah, I don’t talk to a ton of trash. I just try to stay fired up and go out there and win. And he’s the same way. He wants to win as much as anybody. And that’s why I have so much respect for him. But at the end of the day, we’re competing; that’s what competitors do.”
