Khalil Mack chatted with a few teammates, as he made his way toward the Chargers’ locker room after an afternoon practice in June.
Perhaps the seven-time Pro Bowl edge rusher was sharing football advice with his inexperienced defensive teammates, or maybe it was a discussion about the latest season of Bel-Air, the show Mack was watching when he got the call about being traded for a second time in his career, going from the Bears to the Chargers in 2022.
Whatever Mack was chatting about before being stopped on that day in Costa Mesa, Calif., it was almost certainly not about his first trade, which generated a lot more buzz, and might have altered the NFL’s views on trades involving star players and the value of first-round picks.
