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Brad Biggs: 'Unheard of' blockbuster deal to add Khalil Mack caps most remarkable offseason for Bears

In paying a ransom to get Khalil Mack from the Raiders, the Bears acquired the type of impact player they were highly unlikely to discover on their own with the bevy of draft picks they unloaded.

Similarly, the Raiders are just as unlikely to find another Mack with the picks they added - first-round selections in 2019 and 2020, a sixth-rounder in 2019 and a third-rounder in 2020.

In the 2016 defensive player of the year and three-time Pro Bowl selection, the Bears acquired a

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