A potential trade would likely include a first-round pick or an impact player in exchange for Crosby. He has been one of the league's best pass rushers over the past few seasons but is now stuck with a Raiders team that is headed nowhere in the first year under head coach Pete Carroll.

"On the Cowboys' end of it, this appears to be news to them," Broaddus said on the radio. Slater added to Broaddus' comments via social media saying: "That does seem to be the case based on my [conversations]."

Las Vegas Raiders star Maxx Crosby has a lot of respect for quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs.