The Raiders could have potentially re-signed edge rusher Khalil Mack to a deal that was cheaper than the six-year, $141MM pact he eventually received from the Bears, according to Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com.
Oakland reportedly sat on a proposal from Mack and his camp for six months, per La Canfora. While the details of the offer are unknown, it clearly wouldn’t have made Mack the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player. And because it would have been signed before Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald reset the defensive market with a $22.5MM annual average value of his own, Mack’s theoretical deal would have likely come in lower than Donald’s.
The Raiders agreed to send Mack, a 2020 second-round round pick, and a conditional 2020 fifth-round pick to the Bears in exchange for a 2019 first-round pick, 2020 first-round pick, a 2020 third-round pick, and a 2019 sixth-round pick. Oakland general manager Reggie McKenzie recently admitted his club’s plan was never to trade Mack, but it became clear a contractual agreement was not going to be reached with the star pass rusher.
Mack, 27, has been a wrecking ball since entering the league as a first-round pick in 2014. A three-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro, Mack has totaled 40.5 sacks over his first four NFL seasons. In 2017, Pro Football Focus graded Mack as the NFL’s seventh-best edge defender.
How the raiders have fallen. Seemed like they were the next big team after that one spectacular year, but now they’re back to raiders again. The gruden era has not gone well so far.
Maybe they should try to re-brand the franchise in Vegas and if that doesn’t work….they can always hope the league expands into Mexico.
Moving to Mexico would make them have to overpay for every free agent they want. There is absolutely no chance the NFL ever moves international other than Canada
Their taxes would help Mexico build the wall we all keep hearing about
Was it because the Raiders didn’t have the cash to put in trust for Mack’s guarantees?
Gruden May never recover from this. To think; his regime may be over before it ever actually started. On the field at least
I get the whole Raider love Gruden has but in the last 10 years, think of all the great teams he could have easily taken over. He could have had any head coaching job he wanted so I blame this all on him. Time will tell.
1 game, 1 sack, 1 INT, 1 TD. Better hope Gruden drafts well.