Overview
- Las Vegas placed the five-time Pro Bowler on season-ending injured reserve Saturday, ending a year he played through a left knee injury first suffered Oct. 19 at Kansas City.
- Head coach Pete Carroll said a follow-up evaluation early in the week showed the knee "looks too bad," prompting the shutdown despite Crosby’s desire to finish the season.
- ESPN reported Crosby is expected to undergo knee surgery that will extend into the offseason as the Raiders seek to have him ready for 2026.
- Crosby left the facility Friday after being told he would sit, and Carroll said he understood the reaction and did not view it as a rift.
- The decision arrives as the 2-13 Raiders meet the 2-13 Giants in a game with No. 1 pick implications, with the team emphasizing medical reasons as Brock Bowers also went to IR and trade speculation resurfaced despite Crosby’s contract running through 2029.