The man is a prototype for outside linebackers.
A powerful bull rusher. Quick off the edge. With a relentless motor.
Khalil Mack is the rare combination of premier pass rusher and staunch run stopper, a special player who transformed the Chicago Bears defense the moment he arrived in September.
“He’s very disruptive, and you just got to have a plan to try to keep him from taking over,” the quarterback said.
The operative word being “try.”
The 6-foot-3, 252-pound Mack has tormented quarterbacks throughout his first season in Chicago. The defensive player of the year candidate has 8.