Raiders pass-rusher Maxx Crosby is coming of the most effective season of his five-year NFL profession wherein he registered a career-high 90 tackles and 14.5 sacks whereas additionally forcing two fumbles.
Nonetheless, Crosby revealed after the season that he wasn’t even at full energy. The 26-year-old had surgical procedures on his knee and thumb in January.
“It has been a hell of an offseason,” Crosby said, through Paul Gutierrez of ESPN. “So, it has been a hell of a trip again.”
That is precisely why Crosby believes the 2024 season might be his greatest but.
“I used to be rattling close to restricted each single day, the entire season in observe, and issues like that,” Crosby added. “My one objective is to be the most effective on the earth, pound for pound, and I speak about it, I am about it, I reside it each single day and no matter road I’ve bought to journey to get to the place I need to go, I am going to do this. So I am exhausting each single useful resource I probably need to have the most effective season of my profession.”
Crosby did not miss any time resulting from his accidents final season, enjoying in each sport for the fifth straight yr. If he put up the numbers he did whereas not totally wholesome, there isn’t any saying what he can do wholesome in 2024.
A part of why the three-time Professional Bowl has been so sturdy to start out his NFL profession is due to his private offseason program, which consists of not taking any days off.
“You speak about battle camps [lasting] possibly three months, 4 months; I do it 365 [days],” Crosby acknowledged. “In order that’s why I really feel like, on the finish of the day, my consistency is what separates myself and it’ll solely preserve getting me higher as a result of I do not go away any stone unturned.”
Whereas Crosby is price each penny of his $6 million raise, Las Vegas hasn’t had a ton of success as of late. Since 2019, the group has gone 39-44 with one playoff look.
Nonetheless, there may be purpose why Crosby is one in every of simply two Raiders nonetheless on the roster who performed with the group in Oakland (left deal with Kolton Miller). It is as a result of he is a distinction maker, and this season ought to be no completely different.