The new highest-paid defensive player in NFL history spoke to Chicago media Sunday for the first time since the stunning blockbuster trade executed by the Raiders a day prior.
Khalil Mack, sporting a navy blue polo with the orange “C” emblazoned on the chest, said the last day and a half have been a “whirlwind.”
“I was definitely shocked,” Mack said about being traded from the Raiders. “But you don’t have time to be shocked for long. It’s kind of like, ‘Oh, word, the flight tonight?'”
The Raiders gave the Bears the 2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, a 2020 second-round pick and a conditional 2020 fifth-round pick for a 2019 first-round pick, a 2020 first-round pick, a 2020 third-round pick and a 2019 sixth-round pick.