CHICAGO -- When Khalil Mack was traded to the Bears on Sept. 1 -- just a week before the season began -- the pass-rusher became a model for seamless transitions.
After signing the richest deal for a defender in NFL history ($141 million, including $90 million in guarantees), Mack initially joked he needed to "get on the phone with my financial adviser to figure out what I can afford" in terms of housing. It took him less than two weeks to close on a $3.75 million, six-bedroom, 7½-bathroom, four-fireplace mansion in the North Chicago suburbs.