The Raiders‘ Maxx Crosby entered the NFL as a 2019 fourth-round pick, and he has found love at first sight hoping for an eternity of it as he hopes to spend his entire NFL career with Las Vegas.

Crosby noted this week that there’s something special about great players who play their entire careers in one place and that is exactly what he wants for him and his legacy for many years to come.

“The guys that inspire me are the Kobes (Bryant) and the (Michael) Jordan; the guys that stayed in the same place and won in the same place,” Crosby said on The Jim Rome Show, via NFL.com. “No offense to guys like LeBron (James) and those guys. I’m not going to criticize them, but they took the easy way out and I don’t see it that way.”

This is also a message of strength against the rest of the American Football Conference in the Western Division and the rest of the league, in his quest for a Vince Lombardi trophy, something that has been denied for him and the Raiders organizations.

“Going through the ups and downs and the hardships will make it that much sweeter when I win a Super Bowl. So I plan to be here for a long time and I plan to win here. You know, when I signed that contract, I didn’t have any kind of thought or idea of leaving “I feel like I’m going to be a Raider for life.”

Can he really stay in sin City forever?

Crosby’s current contract runs through 2026, but he has no guaranteed money left after this season. Despite three Pro Bowls in his five seasons, he has only played in one playoff game. The Raiders are 39-45, including a postseason loss, in his time with them.

But Crosby got the head coach he wanted when the Raiders gave the job full-time to Antonio Pierce, and added Gardner Minshew, Alexander Mattison, Michael Gallup and Christian Wilkins. So, they think they are building something special.

However, this is not the first time the Raiders believe they have what it takes to be more than competitive in the upcoming season, and it all comes to execution and discipline.