ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden acknowledged Sunday night that Khalil Mack's contract demands were simply too large for the team's comfort, and the trade offer from the Chicago Bears was too enticing to pass up.
A day after the Raiders sent the two-time first-team All-Pro and 2016 NFL defensive player of the year to the Bears, along with a second-round draft pick in 2020 and a 2020 conditional fifth-rounder, for the Bears' first-round picks in 2019 and 2020, a sixth-rounder in 2019 and a third-rounder in 2020, Gruden also took issue with the notion that he wanted to trade Mack, while Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie wanted to re-sign him.