Report: Khalil Mack to undergo season-ending foot surgery

Posted by Myles Simmons on November 19, 2021, 2:09 PM EST
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The Bears had let edge rusher Khalil Mack rest for  the past few weeks in an effort to let his foot injury heal.

Apparently, it wasn’t enough.

Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Mack will undergo season-ending foot surgery and will be placed on injured reserve.

Mack suffered the foot injury in Chicago’s Week Three loss to Cleveland, but played through it for four more games before the Bears shut him down in Week Eight. Mack tallied 3.0 sacks while playing through the injury and will finish the 2021 season with 6.0. He also totaled six tackles for loss in seven games.

Prior to this season, Mack had never played fewer than 14 games in a season. That mark came in Mack’s first campaign with the Bears back in 2018.

Chicago will take on Baltimore in Week 11.

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20 responses to “Report: Khalil Mack to undergo season-ending foot surgery”

  1. Well, was it worth it for the Bears? That trade has hamstrung them since its inception. Sometimes you go for the gold and end up with tin.

  2. Has played 4 years with the team and has topped double digit sacks just once in his first year at 12.5. His TFLs keep dropping as well. Will be a $30M cap hit next year or if they cut him $24M in dead money. Give me the 1st round picks on cheaper deals that out earn their contracts over the “proven” vet that is going to kill your cap and be paid for what he once was. How Pace keeps his job is beyond me. The owners must have no idea what it means to run a football team.

  3. Overpayed for the limited production.

    Esp on a team needing so much help.

    Bad management decision.

  4. Based on what I’ve seen from the Bears this year I get the feeling that a number of Bears players, especially among the veterans, have had enough of Matt Nagy’s amateur hour. Look for a few others to take their time recovering from their ailments or develop mysterious new ones as the rest of the season plays out.

  6. Rest up Mr. Mack.

    You wouldn’t have made much difference to this dumpster fire of a season anyway.

  7. What a waste. We got our hopes up so high when he was signed, and he has only been ordinary with short bursts here and there. Just let him go. My little dog could chase down somebody better than him.

  8. Hicks, Trevathan, and Mack gone next year? Hicks is a FA and foregone conclusion but Mack and Trevathan would put a major hole in the pocket books at Halas Hall. I would agree they should eat Trevthan’s contract but at least try to unload Mack for anything.

    Matt and Ryan, time to pack your bags.

  9. I remember when the Pack didn’t sign him and all the grief they got from the “experts”. HA!

  10. Another miscalculation by this Bears regime. They gave up 2 first round picks to get Mack because they thought they had their QB of the future in Trubisky and were ready to make a run. How did that work out?

  12. He’s been worth it when he’s been healthy. But he’s not been healthy often enough. The real problem is the deal was set up to put the Bears over the top with Trubisky being a real franchise QB and that obviously was nowhere near reality. Meanwhile, the window has closed on the defense. My Bears really need a rebuild around the 6 or 7 good pieces they have.

  13. The hate is unbelievable. Mack was incredible this year and the Bears led the league in sacks when he got injured. Shut down the Bengals and Raiders. Then Mack gets hurt and immediately the defense fell off a cliff starting with the Niners game.

    Those saying the trade wasn’t worth it: what do the Raiders have to show for it?? Mack gave the Bears franchise life and an identity. This fan would make that trade 100 times out of 100.

  14. Both teams lost in the Khalil Mack trade. Raiders would have won if they hade made better use of the picks.

  16. Mack missing half the season, other defensive starters missing time, 2nd round OL missing a great deal of field time, the David Montgomery injury, and Fields showing progress… all sounds like ready made excuses for the front office and coach to return.

    Good Grief

  17. …
    chickensalad43 says:
    November 19, 2021 at 5:57
    Those saying the trade wasn’t worth it: what do the Raiders have to show for it?? Mack gave the Bears franchise life and an identity. This fan would make that trade 100 times out of 100.
    ….
    You should expect a call from the bears for Asst GM position soon.

  19. This is dumb, everyone knows Nagy and Pace are going bye bye! This was inevitable, the Bears season was over on Oct 17th after the Green Bay loss. they need to keep losing and put Dalton in there to finish the season, don’t ruin the kid from OSU that is better than Goff and Carr!

  20. This is dumb, everyone knows Nagy and Pace are going bye bye! This was inevitable, the Bears season was over on Oct 17th after the Green Bay loss. they need to keep losing and put Dalton in there to finish the season, don’t ruin the kid from OSU that is already better than Goff and Carr!

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