Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that “a lot” of teams have contacted the Raiders about a potential trade for holdout DE Khalil Mack in recent days.
However, based on the GMs and personnel executives he’s spoken to, the interested teams came away with the impression that the Raiders have “no imminent interest” trading Mack.
According to Pelissero, the Raiders have received multiple offers for Mack including a first-round and another high selection. A separate team offered an unnamed player for Mack but none of these talks have gone anywhere.
Sources around the NFL have told Pelissero that they believe the Raiders would want at least two first-round picks in order to even start serious trade talks. This is on top of the massive contract extension it’s going to require to get Mack signed long term.
Mack is clearly a game-changing talent, but at that price and the fact that it would require a team to sign him to a massive contract extension, a trade seems highly unlikely at this point in time.
Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports recently reported that the Raiders and Mack have made no progress towards resolving the ongoing contract impasse and it’s now likely that Mack’s holdout will extend into the regular season.
Before that, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported that four teams are “very seriously” exploring a potential trade for Mack. According to Florio, the Raiders “haven’t slammed the door” on the possibility of trading Mack as of now.
The Raiders officially placed Mack on the reserve/did not report list after he made the decision to hold out of training camp workouts.
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.
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