“No End In Sight” To Khalil Mack’s Holdout

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Raiders DE Khalil Mack will not report to the team before their second preseason game, which means he’ll be fined another $814,000.

This brings the fine total $1.628 million this preseason for Mack.

According to Schefter, there’s “no end in sight” to Mack’s holdout, so it’s possible he’ll be fined $3.25 million for missing the entire preseason.

Mack has been tossed out as a speculative trade candidate in recent weeks, but the Raiders have maintained that he’s in their plans and they’re hoping to have him back at some point this season.

The Raiders officially placed Mack on the reserve/did not report list after he made the decision to hold out of training camp workouts.

Mack also skipped mandatory minicamp, so this wasn’t a big surprise.

Oakland will have their franchise tag available to use on Mack in 2019 if they don’t get a long-term extension done before the start of the season.

Mack, 27, is a former first-round pick of the Raiders back in 2014. He was in the final year of his four-year, $18,677,002 contract and set to make a base salary of $690,000 to go along with a $2,276,865 roster bonus for the 2017 season when Oakland picked up his fifth-year option last year.

In 2017, Mack appeared in nine games for the Raiders and recorded 78 tackles, 10.5 sacks, a forced fumble, a recovery and three pass defenses.  Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 5 edge defender out of 106 qualifying players.

We have him featured in our Top 25 – 2019 NFL Free Agents list.