Khalil Mack didn’t want to talk about the past.
He rarely does, even when he’s asked to describe perhaps the best half of his career. In the first 30 minutes of the 2018 season opener — eight days after the Bears traded for him, and before he knew the entire playbook — Mack claimed Lambeau Field for himself. He recovered his own strip-sack and later returned an interception for a touchdown, all before halftime.
His head coach’s two-word review of Mack’s first game with the Bears was perfect.
“Holy hell,” Matt Nagy said.
Ready to return to Lambeau Field, Mack had little time to relive his past.