Outside linebacker Khalil Mack was supposed to talk after practice Friday. The news conference was postponed, then eventually canceled, leaving his interview total for the 2020 calendar year to one 12-minute session in mid-August. On Zoom. While riding a Peloton bike.
It’s clear he likes it this way. Since he arrived in Chicago — and even during his four years with the Raiders — Mack has been more interested in working than talking. And even less interested in talking about his work.
This year, though, his preference for silence can be interpreted as symbolic.
For the Bears to be the team they want to be, Mack must be the star they traded for.