Crosby missed the final two games of the 2025 season despite his desire to play out the season for the 3-14 Raiders, who placed him on injured reserve.
Crosby subsequently underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in January.
The five-time Pro Bowler was traded to the Ravens in March after seven seasons with the Raiders and 69.5 sacks (third in franchise history). In exchange, the Raiders were to receive two first-round picks in the trade.
Crosby’s injury concerns were ultimately the reason the Ravens dropped the deal.
The running back is expected to be good to go for training camp in July, though concerns are likely until then.
Although Crosby hasn’t been away from the Raiders for long, he’s back with a huge new team.
Las Vegas has revamped its roster, adding major league shortstop Fernando Mendoza in a key role along with veteran signal caller Kirk Cousins, one of whom will take snaps from former Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum.
Klint Kubiak will be Crosby’s fourth full-time head coach since being named to the national team in 2019.
Rob Leonard will be Crosby’s fourth full-time defensive coordinator.
And the defense is loaded with new faces like fellow Kwity Paye and linebackers Nakobe Dean and Quay Walker. Before he can really mingle with his new running buddies, Crosby needs to recover.
Then his journey back to the Silver and Black should be over after one hell of an offseason.
“It’s been a long road to recovery,” Crosby said. “It’s probably the longest rehab I’ve ever been through, but in the end it’s been the best, and we’re not even done. … I’m really close, but I’m at the point where I forget about it. I need to relax a little bit. It’s been the biggest fight right now because I’m almost back out there.”