You might have to forgive Oakland Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie a little bit. It’s been so long since the organization has had a bona fide superstar, that maybe, he’s just not sure what he’s supposed to be doing with him or how to handle the situation.
The short answer to that, of course, is to pay the man.
Of course, with a plethora of issues and competing interests in play, it’s not necessarily as simple as that.
As Michael Gehlken of the Las Vegas Review-Journal points out, there are possible tax ramifications and perhaps, a negotiation about when the bulk of Mack’s contract will be paid out.