Adam Schefter: Chargers Will Work To Keep Khalil Mack
March 9th, 2025
Signs point to a return to Los Angeles.
Joe understands a lot of Bucs fans are hoping Chargers superbeast edge rusher Khalil Mack somehow escapes Los Angeles and a miracle happens and he lands in Tampa.
Adam Schefter wouldn’t bank on that because he doesn’t think Mack hitting the open market this week is likely.
Schefter sat down with Big Cat and PFT Commenter on the Barstool Sports podcast “Pardon My Take.” There, Schefter explained why he wouldn’t gamble on Mack leaving.
“Khalil Mack, the Chargers are definitely trying to get back,” Schefter said. “The Chargers are going to work to get back Khalil Mack.”
Schefter believed the handwriting was on the wall for a Mack return to Los Angeles when the Chargers released Joey Bosa as a cap casualty.
“I can’t imagine [the Chargers lose] both guys, let’s see how that works out for them,” Schefter said.
This show was taped before Bosa’s release.
Schefter also guessed there is renewed interest and value in pass rushers league-wide as a result of the Eagles copying the Bucs method to beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl: a fierce, ferocious and an unyielding pass rush.
That, Schefter said, will drive the price up on the already premium position.
“I think these guys are gonna get more money than people are expecting,” Schefter said. “And I think the Eagles helped make the pass rushers more money in this range market.”
That isn’t a good sign. The Bucs are already highly skittish of buying a legitimate edge rusher.
If it now costs more money, that probably lessens the chance the Bucs address the biggest hole on their roster in free agency.
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