As it turned out, the Khalil Mack era was no more successful than the Jay Cutler era or the Brandon Marshall era in the pantheon of Bears bold trade acquisitions.
One winning season out of four. Two playoff berths. No postseason victories. The general manager who traded two first-round draft picks to the Raiders to acquire him in 2018 was just fired — just as Jerry Angelo was fired three years after acquiring Cutler and Phil Emery was fired three years after trading for Marshall.
But it was still a deal worth making, one that Ryan Pace surely doesn’t regret and one the Bears would do all over again.