Bears reach agreement to trade for Khalil Mack

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The Raiders and Bears have an agreement in place to trade pass-rusher Khalil Mack to Chicago, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

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  It might not be the move that puts Chicago over the top, but trading for a 27-year-old defensive game-changer is a no-brainer for a team on the rise.

The sides are still working on the deal, sources said.

Over the past 48 hours, the Raiders engaged in active trade talks with multiple teams -- including the New York Jets, a source told ESPN's Rich Cimini. The Raiders were asking for two first-round picks. Other teams made enticing offers of multiple picks, but the Bears were willing to offer the most, sources told Schefter.

Mack would be the fourth player to get traded after winning a Defensive Player of the Year award, along with Jason Taylor (traded in 2008), Pat Swilling (1993) and Keith Millard (1992), according to ESPN Stats & Information. At age 27, Mack is the youngest of that group at the time of being traded.

The No. 5 overall pick of the 2014 draft, Mack missed training camp. He also stayed away from the Raiders' voluntary offseason training program and held out of the team's mandatory three-day minicamp in June. Raiders coach Jon Gruden, hired in January, had yet to meet Mack.

Oakland exercised the fifth-year option on Mack's contract last summer, worth $13.846 million. If he had played under those terms this season, the Raiders could have used a franchise tag on Mack in 2019.

The Bears have reached an agreement to add 2016 Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack in a trade with the Raiders, sources told ESPN. Ryan Kang/AP Photo

Mack would join a Bears defense that includes No. 8 overall pick Roquan Smith, who had his own holdout this offseason before signing his rookie contract, and 2016 No. 9 overall pick Leonard Floyd. Chicago ranked ninth in points allowed and 10th in yards allowed last season.

Mack made league history in 2015 by being named first-team All-Pro at both outside linebacker and defensive end. In 2016, Mack was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Last season, though, his 10.5 sacks were his fewest since his rookie year, and he was not named to the All-Pro team.

Still, he has 40.5 career sacks, and his 185.5 quarterback pressures since coming into the league in 2014 lead the NFL in that time frame, according to Pro Football Focus.

The news of an agreement to trade Mack drew reactions from Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and defensive end Bruce Irvin on Twitter.

This is the sucky part of this business... Mornings like this, but we have a season to play and games to win!! #RaiderNation we feel your pain trust me but we need you next Monday night! 💀

— Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) September 1, 2018

What a shock. Now move on and win.. time to beat the Rams!!

— Bruce Irvin (@BIrvin_WVU11) September 1, 2018

There was also a ripple effect in Las Vegas. The Bears have gone from 100-1 to 60-1 to win the Super Bowl, while the Raiders dropped from 20-1 to 25-1, according to Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook manager Jeff Sherman.

ESPN's Paul Gutierrez contributed to this report.

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