Maxx Crosby Reportedly ‘Should Be OK’ After Knee Injury in Raiders’ Loss to Chiefs

Las Vegas Raiders fans can take a sigh of relief.

Star defensive end Maxx Crosby, who exited Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs with a knee injury, “should be OK,” according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Rapoport noted that pulling Crosby from the game was “more of a precaution than anything.”

Raiders head coach Pete Carroll addressed Crosby’s injury after the game, noting that Crosby has been dealing with knee soreness.

“Maxx has had a bit of a sore knee and I don’t know how it happened today in the game, but he wasn’t his full self,” Carroll told reporters. “But he could play and he wanted to be in there and he was. But then we had to yank him because he didn’t look right.”

Crosby, who signed a three-year, $106.5 million extension this offseason, is putting together another strong campaign in Year 7, logging 25 tackles, 10 tackles, four sacks and five passes defended. Needless to say, a serious injury would have been a big loss for the Raiders.

Like most of Las Vegas’ season, Sunday’s game was one to forget for the Raiders. The Chiefs had their way all game as Patrick Mahomes threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns.

The Raiders were abysmal on offense, as Geno Smith threw for just 67 yards and the team netted just 25 yards on the ground in the 31-0 loss.

While Las Vegas fell to 2-5 with the loss, the fact that Crosby doesn’t appear to have a serious injury is good news.

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