SANTA CLARA — Khalil Mack turned the corner after his shower, stopped, and observed the swarm of cameras already crowding his locker.
The man of the hour played his first game in the Bay Area on Sunday, albeit not against the Raiders, since Oakland traded him to the Bears on Sept. 1.
Mack is a defensive player of the year candidate and his Bears (11-4) are NFC North champions. He couldn’t be happier with his new team. But that doesn’t mean he holds anything against his old one, or even the coach he never spoke with face-to-face in the eight months both were Raiders.