Khalil Mack was the heart and soul of the Oakland Raiders in his first four NFL seasons, but after a lengthy contract dispute, the 2016 AP Defensive Player of the Year will join the Bears.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Raiders and the Chicago Bears reached an agreement to swap Mack, as of Saturday morning. Before the end of the day, Schefter reported the Bears negotiated a six-year, $141 million extension with Mack with $90 million guaranteed that makes him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL.
The huge contract eclipses the six-year, $135 million deal that 2017 Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald received from the Los Angeles Rams just one day earlier.
Mack trade rumors have been heating up for a while, and by the end of the week reports had Oakland’s asking price at a pair of first-round picks. The offers they’d received were already said to be fairly steep.
