NFL Insider’s Trade Pitch: $106 Million Superstar ‘Built to be a Raven’

“I think Ravens are an amazing spot for Crosby,” Scott said on “Get Up” on Friday. “At this age, you want to be on the biggest stage. You want to win. Imagine having Derrick Henry on offense running the ball and is the game gets closer and closer you have someone (in Crosby) who can get to a guy like Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow … (Crosby) plays relentless. He plays with his hair on fire. It’s like he was built to be a Raven.”

Scott made the Ravens as an undrafted free agent out of Southern Illinois in 2002 and played 7 seasons there, earning NFL All-Pro honors in 2006. He played a further 4 seasons with the New York Jets from 2009 to 2012.

Crosby recently addressed the trade rumors. He signed a 3-year, $106.5 million contract before the 2025 season and seems pretty fed up with all of it at this point.

“I just want to play football and be left the (expletive) alone,” Crosby said on the “Let’s Go!” podcast on Thursday. “People can say whatever they want. But truly, I don’t give a (expletive) besides playing football and winning football games. I give my whole life to this sport every single day.”

According to one ESPN report, at least 20 teams have already approached the Raiders about a trade.

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Crosbyy seems to have no interest in being part of his franchise’s rebuild.

That rebuild comes with presumed No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza at quarterback and an ownership group with a bizarre leadership structure in place that seems to have put 7-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady at the helm, despite having zero experience as an NFL executive.

The one part of Scott’s trade pitch that seems somewhat unrealistic is giving up the pair of 2nd round picks for Crosby — it’s hard to see the Raiders giving him up for any package that doesn’t include a 1st round pick.

Crosby 6-foot-5 and 255 pounds, is 28 years old and in his prime. He plays on a level that could have him on the path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Few Players on Same Level as Crosby

In 7 NFL seasons since the Raiders drafted Crosby in the 4th round out of Eastern Michigan, he’s a 5-time Pro Bowler and 2-time NFL All-Pro with 69.5 career sacks and 111 career TFL — a category he’s led the NFL in twice, in 2022 and 2023.

In 2025, playing for the worst team in the NFL, Crosby had 73 tackles, 10.0 sacks, 28 TFL, 6 pass deflections, 1 interception and 2 forced fumbles in just 15 games as the Raiders shut him down for the final 2 games of the regular season — a move likely done to make sure they secured the No. 1 overall pick.