The Raiders fell to 2-10 after a 31-14 loss to the Chargers on Sunday where not only did they look outmatched on offense, but consistently struggled on defense as well. A few lone bright spots for the Raiders came with superstar tight end Brock Bowers along with standout pass rusher Maxx Crosby. Crosby started the season slow recording a career low in pass rush win rate along with lows in his sack rate and pressure rate. After a rough few weeks, Crosby seems to be back to form following the bye week with three TFL vs the Jaguars, two vs the Cowboys, and five last week vs the Browns before another four this week vs the Chargers. Additionally, Crosby has registered 4 sacks since the bye week matching his total before which included 2 vs the Chargers.
In other “advanced” metrics, Crosby has seen his run stop win rate over the last five games rise from 36.8% to 44% which now leads the NFL at EDGE. Crosby also has posted 37 run stop wins in his last five games giving him 93 on the season which is more then 35 than the next closest edge rusher (Rams Jared Verse). As a pass rusher, Crosby saw his win rate rise from 13.1% before the bye week to 17.8% currently including three straight games with a win rate over 18%. Despite the Raiders struggles as a defense and in their pass rush situations, Crosby has seen his pressure rate rise as well recording over 22 pressures since the bye week with 7 vs the Cowboys and Chargers. He’s been a dominant run defender his whole career, though this season the Raiders seem to be getting the best of Crosby in the run game where he’s on pace to have a career high in run stops, TFL’s, run defense win rate, and wins. With 5 games remaining on the schedule, the Raiders pass rusher has logged 8 sacks, 59 tackles, 23 TFL’s, 19 QB Hits, 6 PBU, 49 pressures, 44 stops, and 2 FF putting him just in line with his 2021-2023 dominance before an injury in 2024 outside of his total pressure numbers. With just one more TFL Crosby will break his own franchise record of 23 and he’s on pace to break 30 TFL for just the 3rd time ever in NFL history.
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