The Las Vegas Raiders are looking for their next full-time coach this offseason after parting ways with previous head coach Josh McDaniels during the season. But it sounds like star pass rusher Maxx Crosby wants the team to retain interim head coach Antonio Pierce, and he could go as far as to request a trade from the team if that doesn’t happen.
On Saturday morning, league insiders Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport published a joint report on NFL.com indicating that if the Las Vegas Raiders do not retain interim head coach Antonio Pierce as the team’s full-time head coach, Maxx Crosby will explore a trade request.
“The Las Vegas Raiders also continue to weigh a potential pursuit of Harbaugh, who led his alma mater to its first national championship in the College Football Playoff era on Monday night. However, sources say there remains support among many in the extended Raiders family for interim coach Antonio Pierce — including in the locker room, with All-Pro edge rusher Maxx Crosby will explore a trade request if Pierce isn’t retained, according to sources,” Pelissero and Rapoport wrote for NFL.com.
This is obviously some pretty insane news, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media as a result.
If Maxx gets traded idk how anybody in this fanbase would recover https://t.co/Gp0BgAmkJc
— vegas (@vegastiming) January 13, 2024
Officially rooting for the Raiders to not bring back Antonio Pierce so then the Lions can trade for Maxx Crosby. https://t.co/chHxd6qw7Y
— DLB (@DetLionBlood) January 13, 2024
Need Davante Adams to follow Maxx Crosby’s lead here… https://t.co/HXBprGvUxv
— Steven Haglund (@StevenIHaglund) January 13, 2024
😳 …. The real headline is item 2, not item 1.#RaiderNation https://t.co/nCABs6h1mn
— Ryan Holmes (@Rholm22) January 13, 2024
Please let the Raiders do something stupid with their coaching hire…again https://t.co/AgJWAzhMos
— Meko (@themekoscott) January 13, 2024
How do you just drop that Maxx Crosby news in there like this??? https://t.co/jPrOeeASYV
— ICE (@Makyle_Ice) January 13, 2024
We’ll certainly have to see what happens in this situation.
