DENVER (AP) — With his league-rattling trade from the Oakland Raiders to the Chicago Bears, Khalil Mack cashed in with a new six-year, $141 million extension that makes him the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history.
He's still second fiddle to Von Miller, though.
Miller was voted the league's best edge rusher in the latest Associated Press position rankings, earning seven first-place votes in balloting of 10 AP football writers. The three other first-place votes went to Mack.
The star Broncos linebacker "is simply the best, as the Seahawks were reminded in the season opener," said AP's Dave Campbell, based in Minneapolis.