The Chicago Bears have their star in Khalil Mack, and the former Oakland Raiders first-round draft pick couldn't be happier to be there. When Mack was asked what made him excited about being in Chicago his answer was simple; it's a team that wanted him to be there.

The Bears had to give up two first-round, and a third-round draft picks to get the deal done, but along with Mack they also received a second-round pick from the Raiders. It was just a month ago that Jon Gruden said the Raiders would be able to get a deal done with Mack but a lot changed in the month, and Gruden said the team had no choice but to trade him away.

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“They're trying to divide us,” Gruden said via ESPN. “People are trying to divide us: ‘I wanted him gone, he wanted him here.' We made a decision as an organization. [Owner] Mark Davis, [executive] Tom Delaney, we all got the information and we made a decision, together. And I'll just say what [Reggie] said — I read what he said yesterday — it's a decision that we all came to.

“I know there's maybe some feeling that maybe I was involved in a day-to-day negotiation. I had nothing to do with it. We were at a standoff and something had to happen, and here we are.”

The Bears are short on draft picks for the next couple of years, but they have Mack and a good team. Now it falls on the shoulders of Mitchell Trubisky to take the next step forward and help the offense take the step forward.