​HENDERSON, NEVADA – JULY 29: Maxx Crosby #98 of the Las Vegas Raiders attends a news conference after the first practice of the team’s training camp at the Las Vegas Raiders Headquarters/Intermountain Health Performance Center on July 29, 2026 in Henderson, Nevada. (Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images) GettyEAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – JANUARY 05: Patrick Paul #52 of the Miami Dolphins in action against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on January 05, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) GettyMIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 17: Adam Butler #69 and Maxx Crosby #98 of the Las Vegas Raiders hit Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter of a game at Hard Rock Stadium on November 17, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) GettyAs if Las Vegas Raiders star pass rusher Maxx Crosby doesn’t have enough bulletin board material heading into the regular season opener, Miami Dolphins left tackle Patrick Paul, who will be in charge of trying to contain No. 98, didn’t hold back when describing the Raiders’ star pass rusher this week.Crosby, who went from being traded to the Baltimore Ravens to the Ravens backing out of the deal due to concern centered on the uncertainty of Crosby’s durability after a couple of seasons due to a “degenerative knee issue”, is already heading into the season with a chip on his shoulder.And Paul just gave him another piece of extra motivation.Dolphins Tackle Patrick Paul Just Gave Maxx Crosby An Extra Piece of MotivationGettyEAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – JANUARY 05: Patrick Paul #52 of the Miami Dolphins in action against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on January 05, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)
Speaking with the Dolphins media, Patrick Paul talked in detail on his thoughts regarding Maxx Crosby.“I think with him he’s a dynamic player. So with him, just beating him to a spot. Getting your hands on him. Getting him off his game. He likes to play with a lot of swagger so just, you know, getting him displaced off his game. …He’s a high motor player. I think their defense runs off his motor and he’s a great player.”Paul was then asked if Crosby’s trash talk falls into that aspect of having a high motor, to which he replied “I feel like yeah, he’s a hothead so a lot of those things you could get into his game with that but I mean, he’s a great player.”Dolphins left tackle Patrick Paul said the key against Raiders edge rusher Maxx Crosby is to get him off his game. And yes, some trash talk could factor into that. While complimenting Crosby as a player, Paul called him “a hothead.”Last time the Dolphins faced the Raiders in… pic.twitter.com/4nd9qBQsiW— David Furones (@DavidFurones_) September 8, 2026Calling Crosby a hothead is the kind of comment that tends to find its way onto a locker room bulletin board, and given Crosby’s track record of playing with an