I don't know how I would feel if I were a Bears' player who saw the practice playlist altered (albeit, for the better) on behalf of a player who had yet to take one rep as a member of the team after having patiently waited my turn for the AUX cord all preseason. I do, however, feel like I have a pretty good grasp on what it might feel like for Raiders' fans to see Khalil Mack receive a warm embrace from an organization that not only paid the steepest of prices for his transcendent talent, but appears happy as all hell to have done so. They aren't particularly numerous in this circumstance, but there will always be people that side with their favorite team in the wake of even the most inexcusable of decisions. That said, even the few, the proud, and the blindly loyal have to be questioning those with which their allegiance eternally lies after seeing the collective pep in the step of a Bears' team that, by rough estimation, D-G-A-SINGLE-F about future first round picks or guaranteed dollars. If I was forced to make an insanely premature judgement on a trade of a historic magnitude, the initial look-in on the unconditional love-fest that is currently taking place in the Windy City would have me swaying heavily to the side of the Chicago Bears. Like, you can damn near see the optimism in the air. I certainly wouldn't consider that a good sign for the Oakland Raiders and/or every poor bastard that's hopelessly trying to defend a franchise that will more than likely end up paying Jon Gruden to go back to the booth to count the dollars that should have been reserved for a preeminent player at a position as premium as pass rusher. The reality that an NFL team that is soon relocating to Las Vegas, of all places, was too damn broke to keep their best player was already a pretty hilarious one. If the 'Return Of The Mack' results in him bending the edge with anywhere near the frequency he did in Oakland then it has the potential to bust every belly that doesn't sit a top the belt of someone with either a financial or emotional investment in the success of the Raiders. If the mood music in Chicago is any indication, they seem to see that as a virtual certainty.
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