{"id":877668,"date":"2026-10-10T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877668\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:24:11","slug":"khalil-mack-could-return-to-the-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877668\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalil Mack could return to the Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight years after the Bears traded for pass rusher Khalil Mack, the Bears could be doing it all over again.<\/p>\n<p>Via Jonathan Jones of The Athletic (who isn\u2019t their \u201cinsider\u201d but who is posting a Saturday \u201cinsider\u201d column like their former \u201cinsider\u201d did), Mack <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7676182\/2026\/10\/10\/nfl-insider-falcons-bryce-young-ravens-trade-deadline-rumors\/?unlocked_article_code=1.HlE.BwDx.bXdkwwFl83M7&amp;source=emp_shared_article&amp;smid=ta-ios-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">could be making his way back to Chicago<\/a> before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers are 0-4 and fading fast. The Bears are 3-1 and could use a boost on the edge.<\/p>\n<p>Mack has a base salary of $8 million in 2026, the last year of his current deal. He\u2019ll have $5.77 million remaining in pay after this week. The Bears, as Jones notes, currently have approximately $9 million in cap space.<\/p>\n<p>Mack, 35, still has gas in the tank. He has three sacks in four games this year, for a team that has yet to enjoy having a late lead that is conducive to the proverbial pinning of the ears back.<\/p>\n<p>If\/when the Chargers decide to start moving contracts (they\u2019re two games from their bye week), the next question would become compensation for Mack. If he only wants to go to Chicago, that could make it hard to maximize the return. <\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Bears gave up two first-round picks, a third-round pick, and a sixth-round pick to get Mack. It would be a lot less this time around.<\/p>\n<p>The trade deadline arrives the Tuesday after Week 9. Which is only 31 days away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight years after the Bears traded for pass rusher Khalil Mack, the Bears could be doing it all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-877668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}