Khalil Mack has only been with the Bears for two weeks and he already looks like a Defensive Player of the Year — hell, he might even be the frontrunner right now. Through two games, Mack is averaging a strip sack a game. That’s one strip sack in each game for those of you counting at home.
Khalil Mack’s strip sacks against the Seahawks and Packers were slightly different but equally impressive
Khalil Mack just might be good, folks. Let’s compare his strip sacks against the Packers and the Seahawks.
Mack collected his second strip sack of the season against the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night.
If his strip sack against Seattle look similar to his first one against Green Bay, it is. Despite the deja vu aura, they weren’t exactly the same. Let’s take a look to see how similar they were.
The lead up to the sacks was similar, but the finish was different
Against the Packers last week, Mack had a strip sack where he snatched the ball right out DeShone Kizer’s hands when Green Bay was in scoring position.
Mack’s strip sack against the Seahawks looked similar, except he didn’t grab the ball right out of Russell Wilson’s hands like he did to Kizer. In both clips Mack was chipped by a tight end coming off the line, he recovered, and used a power move on the right tackle to get in for the strip sack.
Mack even had to use a second move to get past the right tackle both times. The one difference between the Seahawks sack and the Packers sack is that Mack didn’t fully clear the right tackle on the Packers sack. He had to reach around the tackle to knock the ball out of Russell Wilson’s hands for the fumble.
Mack is one of the most dominant players in football — through two games he looks to be worth every penny of the $141 million that the Bears paid him. Mack already had has more sacks and forced fumbles than the Raiders do as a team this year.
If Jon Gruden was still in the booth tonight, Mack would absolutely be a Gruden Grinder.
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