The Bears will be in the market for an edge rusher in 2025 free agency, and a familiar face could be the perfect addition to bolster the team's pass rush

At the end of the 2024 season, Khalil Mack considered retirement but he's expected to return for the 2025 season and will test unrestricted free agency in March. The Los Angeles Chargers now have a significant offseason dilemma as the veteran linebacker ...

Mack is a lock to become a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer, with 107½ sacks over his 11-year career. His six sacks last season came with 54 pressures. He also forced seven fumbles over the past two seasons, and Bowles has said he is looking for “ball hawks.”

Mack, 34, was traded to the Los Angeles Chargers in 2022, during Ryan Poles' first offseason as general manager as a means to free up salary cap space following the firing of GM Ryan Pace. A potential reunion could find Mack on a one- or two-year deal, where he would bookend the edge opposite Sweat.

Pass rusher has become a premier position in today's NFL. These 4-3 defensive ends or 3-4 outside linebackers can control games with the pressure they put on quarterbacks. In fact, pass rushers have won three out of the past four Defensive Player of the Year awards.