NFL Confidential: Will Lamar Actually Get Traded? Execs Dish on Jackson, Crosby

The 2025 NFL regular season isn't over yet, but we might have a sense of who might be the top names getting traded this offseason. 

A report emerged over the holiday week about the viability of Lamar Jackson's relationship with the Baltimore Ravens, while Maxx Crosby was disgruntled with the Las Vegas Raiders' decision to sideline him for the final two games of the season, FOX Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer reported. Jackson and the Ravens are still fighting for a playoff spot in Week 18, but the Raiders are one loss away from securing the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. 

Are both reports just rumors that will eventually be viewed as water under the bridge, or are they foreshadowing potential trades involving Jackson and Crosby this offseason? FOX Sports NFL reporters Ralph Vacchiano and Eric D. Williams surveyed the league to see if both stars could actually get traded this offseason and who might be interested in possibly trading for them.

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Ralph Vacchiano: The biggest story of the NFL’s upcoming offseason could be the potential blockbuster trade of quarterback Lamar Jackson. But that’s only if the Baltimore Ravens decide to trade him.

"Why would they do that?" an NFL executive asked me. "Whatever issues they have with him, they’re a playoff team every year with Lamar. Who’s the quarterback there if they trade him?"

That is the biggest unanswerable question for the Ravens, amid reports that a rift has developed between the franchise quarterback and coach John Harbaugh. If that rift is real — Harbaugh denied it — and the Ravens decide to pursue a trade, replacing a quarterback like Jackson "could take years — many, many years," the executive said.

"He’s a two-time MVP who’s not even 30 yet (he turns 29 on