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The Oakland Raiders are set to trade three-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears, according to multiple reports Saturday morning.
Mack, 27, has been engaged in a holdout with Oakland and it began looking more and more likely that the team would choose to deal him.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapaport reports the Bears are giving up two first-round picks in the deal and that Chicago will work out a long-term deal with Mack larger than that of Aaron Donald – who yesterday became the highest-paid defensive player in the league.
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Mack, the fifth overall selection in the 2014 draft, was the defensive player of the year in 2016 and a two-time all-pro selection. He has 40 1/2 career sacks.
His departure leaves an already thin Oakland defense without its cornerstone. The Raiders ranked 23rd overall and 26th against the pass in 2017, and 10 1/2 of the unit’s 31 sacks came from Mack.
In Chicago, he joins a defense that ranked in the top 10 in both points and yards allowed last year but lacked star power in its edge rush.
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