Where there's smoke, there's fire.

And with this Max Crosby situation, it really feels like there's fire on the way.

That plus more on Friday's edition of the Locked On Raiders podcast from March 6, 2026.

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Segment number three, a lot of great feedback on a lot of different subjects, including Max Crosby in that situation. Will he or will he not be with the Raiders in 2026? We'll do that coming up, segment number three. Segment number two, we'll go back to the well. We'll do what we did on Thursday, where we hear from Jordan Reed from ESPN NFL draft analyst. He had a really good post-combine conference call on Wednesday. We heard some sound bites, Raiders-related on Thursday show. We'll hear a few more about some players that the Raiders could be focusing in on looking at and thinking about when the draft comes up at the end of April. So you hear some more sounds with Jordan Reed focusing in on the draft. Segment number two. Here is segment number one, news and notes of the day, as we always do. I want to do a little bit of a blend of, you know, free agency, draft. And of course, you know, calls and text. That's kind of how we want to put the show together for the next few days, especially with the new league year coming up starting next week. We'll get into all that after I tell you about the title sponsor of the show and that's Game Time. Download the Game Time app, create an account, use promo code locked on for $20 off your first purchase. We'll tell you more about them later on in the show, but let's go ahead and get right into it and let's talk about the big elephant in the room. Max Crosby, I know a lot of Raider Nation is tired of the conversation. I'm sure Max Crosby is tired of hearing the conversation. I know I'm tired of the conversation, but until there's a resolution, there's still a subject. And so there's been a lot of speculation, especially on Thursday, man. It really got fast and furious, a lot of different angles. I was on multiple radio shows, and I had all kind of different hosts, including in Philadelphia, saying, hey, man, what about the Eagles? Sounds like there's a good chance. I saw Lane Johnson tweet out the eyeball emojis and Max Crosby's name. It's like, oh, what's going on with Howie Roseman and the

Eagles? So they sound like they could be players when it comes to a Max Crosby trade. The bears have been out there. The Cowboys have been out there. There's a lot of different teams that could be in play. The lions, you know, any of these teams. So it's one of those situations where you kind of just wait and see. But

AFL Godfather, I talk about him all the time on Twitter at NFL Maverick and I don't

know the identity of AFL Godfather. I let it be known all the time of exchange messages back and forth with them. I'm sure I probably have talked to him. Probably shook his hand multiple times. I just don't know who it is on Twitter. So shout out to him, but he's clearly someone that has knowledge of the Raiders. He's clearly someone that's inside the building. And when he puts out certain tweets, you pay attention. Before the Raiders hire Clint Kubiak, he had put out a tweet to the certain extent of if the Raiders don't hire Kubiak, he'll deactivate his account until the next year. So basically 2027 and obviously they hire Clint Kubiak.

He knows what he's talking about.

So trust and believe when I saw him send out a tweet about Max Crosby, it caught my attention

where he said, I will always appreciate Max.

He is a remarkable player and I have conveyed this sentiment to him.

But I believe the opportunity presents premium compensation at this particular moment.

The needs of the many outweigh the few or the one.

That's from AFL Godfather.

Now, does that mean that Max is going to get traded?

No.

But when that account says something about Max to a certain extent like that, it's really

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