Sources: Raiders to trade Maxx Crosby to Ravens for two 1sts - ESPN

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — In the biggest trade in franchise history, the Baltimore Ravens are acquiring five-time Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby from the Las Vegas Raiders for first-round picks in 2026 and 2027, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Friday night.

The deal is contingent on Crosby passing a physical, which can't occur until the start of the new league year Wednesday.

This marks the first time in the Ravens' 31-year existence that they've used a first-round pick to trade for a veteran player. Baltimore had the No. 14 pick in this year's draft.

Among the teams the Ravens beat out for Crosby were the Dallas Cowboys, who were willing to offer a first- and a second-round pick for the star pass rusher, sources told Schefter.

Crosby, 28, significantly upgrades a struggling Ravens pass rush that in 2025 totaled 30 sacks, Baltimore's fewest in 15 years. Last season was also the first time since the Ravens' inaugural 1996 campaign that they didn't have an edge rusher with more than 4.5 sacks.

The Ravens are making this uncharacteristic offseason splash after a disappointing 2025 season in which they finished 8-9, failed to make the playoffs and then fired longtime coach John Harbaugh. Baltimore has been looking for a game changer, such as Crosby, to get over the postseason hurdle and reach the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2012 season.

The addition of Crosby gives the Ravens their most decorated and feared pass rusher in his prime since Terrell Suggs, the franchise's all-time sacks leader, who played in Baltimore from 2003 to 2018. Crosby has produced four double-digit sack seasons in his seven-year career. Over that span, the Ravens have had two edge rushers with 10 or more sacks in a season: Kyle Van Noy