Khalil Mack‘s season is over. The Bears’ All-Pro pass rusher is set for foot surgery that will sideline him for the rest of the year, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport 
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Mack missed the two Bears two games previous to their Week 10 bye. The Bears were optimistic that the former Defensive Player of the Year would be able to play this weekend, but the specialists have said otherwise.
Mack, 30, got off to a strong start this year with six sacks across the first six weeks of the season. Up until the foot injury, he had only missed two games during his three-plus-seasons in Chicago.
Acquired via a 2018 blockbuster trade with the Raiders, Mack has been the centerpiece of the past four Bears defenses. The former DPOY has delivered on the Bears’ investment, even though the gaudy Oakland sack totals have not followed him to Chicago. And, even though Mack’s double-digit sack streak ended after 2018, but was well on pace to post his fifth 10-plus-sack slate this year. Pro Football Focus graded Mack as its No. 1 edge defender in 2020, despite his lower sack (9) and QB-hit (13) totals.
Mack, who will be absent from the Pro Bowl list for the first time in a long time, remains under club control through the 2024 season. For right now, the Bears find themselves at 3-6, down both Mack and longtime defensive leader Danny Trevathan.
“the gaudy Oakland sack totals have not followed him to Chicago.”
Mack’s four seasons (64 games) in Oakland – 40.5 sacks
Mack’s first three and a half years (53 games) in Chicago – 36.0 sacks
He has more sacks per game in Chicago than in Oakland. Even if you take out his rookie year to help his Oakland numbers, Mack averaged 12.1 sacks over a 16 game season in Oakland vs 10.9 in Chicago. Not much of a difference.
This writer makes really lazy comments in his posts that anyone who knows the teams/players he’s talking about understand are just wrong. A 6th grader does better research for a book report… and doesn’t get paid.
The part that is always left out about the Oakland trade of Khalil Mack is that he was holding out and not going to play unless he was made the highest paid defender in the history of the NFL. Mack was not going to play and McKenzie knew he could not pay him his demanded price.
Everyone knows there is always a way to get around cap limitations if your actually serious about retaining an MVP talent.
If I were the Raiders I’d trade for him now and play him.
A lame head coach, a rookie defensive coordinator and players dropping like flies. Besides Mack, there’s Hicks, Trevathan, Robinson, Jackson, and others. Bad run of luck for the Bears.
No wonder they signed Irvin