Cowboys' trade offer for Maxx Crosby from Raiders revealed by ESPN
Dallas took a swing but not a big enough one.
Cowboys' trade offer for Maxx Crosby from Raiders revealed by ESPN originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Dallas Cowboys went for it, to an extent.
But in the end, they didn't offer enough to get Maxx Crosby in a trade from the Las Vegas Raiders . Crosby, as everyone now knows well, was in an agreed-upon trade that would send him from the Raiders to the Baltimore Ravens for two first-round picks. Before that trade could become official, though, the Ravens backed out.
They cited medical reasons. Crosby had recently undergone offseason knee surgery, and apparently something in the picture scared Baltimore enough to have second thoughts. The Ravens weren't the only team interested, though.
It's been reported that Dallas wanted Crosby, too, and now it's known more about what they offered. This is what ESPN reported in a new story on Tuesday put together by multiple insiders: "Initial offers centered on Dallas' second first-round pick at No. 20, and defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa.