Los Angeles Chargers receive: 2024 fifth-round pick, 2025 fourth-round pick
Mack has a whopping $38.5 million cap hit in 2024, and the Chargers need to free up a lot of money. For the Lions, they need another edge rusher opposite of Aidan Hutchinson. The former first-round pick registered 11.5 sacks, and no other player on the Lions’ roster had more than five. Mack is coming off a 17 sack season, and acquiring him would give the Lions another top-notch pass rusher to take away attention from Hutchinson and make their defense that much better. It may not be a king’s ransom in return for the Chargers, but a pair of Day Three picks is better than receiving nothing and just cutting the veteran edge rusher.
which the Lions would then need to pay (salary plus roster bonus)
$5.5 million of that is a roster bonus that becomes guaranteed on 3/15/24…. so that would give Mack leverage if a team wanted him to renegotiate that year.
Some of you just based on nae throw 30 million an draft picks for a 34 year old . Thank God your not GM of Lions. Remember what was his name from Pats an tell me how he played before we took what 30 million dead cap hit. I wouldn’t do that that if they gave us the 2 picks.
Khalil Mack would make the Lions pass rush and secondary immediately and significantly better. It would be a “go for it” type of move.
Realistically, I don’t think Holmes would do it. Not because of the 4th and 5th Rd draft picks, but because of the financial commitment. It’s a lot of money to have tied up in a single player when the Lions have young All Pros who are the contract extension docket.
Detroit is in a unique position to be a FA destination.
San Diego might be forced to actually CUT him rather than pay him. Mack is then free to sign with a “good” team (like Detroit) and take less money to be in a win now scenario.
Barring something crazy happening Detroit will have at least a top 10 offense again in 2024. If we were to have a top 10 defense, we’d be in the SB favorite category.
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