With contract negotiations not going well, Khalil Mack will not report to Raiders (and why he deserves the best price)

Khalil Mack will not show up at the Raiders' training camp with his teammates on Thursday morning

There is no surprise in that.

Reports from ESPN and NFL Network confirmed the obvious Wednesday afternoon, stating clearly that Mack would not show up at Napa at the moment.

The front-line player stayed away during the off-season program, and continues to contract on a long-term basis.

Mack is currently ready to play on a fifth-year option of a fully guaranteed value of $ 13.846 million. He would be looking for a nine-figure deal that could increase the market for defensive players somewhere around the $ 114.5 million deal (with $ 70 million guarantees) given to Von Miller in 2016.

Mack is definitely worth the dollar. The triple Pro Bowler, twice All-Pro and 2016 defensive player has 40.5 sacks, nine forced fumbles and an interception in four excellent seasons. He is perhaps also the best defender of the NFL, as complete as he can be at his post.

Mack is also a tireless worker who never has problems, an excellent face of the franchise with a superstar.

These are the guys you want to pay.

Mack wants to be rewarded for these efforts. The Raiders allowed quarterback Derek Carr and right guard Gabe Jackson – of other prominent members of the announced 2014 repechage overtime – to be played before last season. Mack had to wait without a guarantee in the long run. The option of the fifth-year team attached to the first-round picks gave the Raiders the time to space transactions.

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at the beginning of the training camp.

NFL Network reports that things are tense between Mack's camp and the team.

Retention services are one of the few leverage points available for NFL compensation players, especially when teams are armed with a franchise tag that prevents a player from entering in the free agent market with a lucrative one – year contract.

While the tides can change in a flash and nothing is certain

The Raiders can fine him $ 30,000 per missed day, as per the NFL collective agreement. Pro Football Talk has unearthed an ABC provision that states that Mack, like all others on a fifth-year option, could be fined a week or so for every pre-season match missed

The coup sending the opening of the event on August 10 against Detroit

Mack is not the only first-round pick from 2014 to stand for a new contract. LA, Rams' inner defensive lineman, Aaron Donald, is also looking for a large-scale contract, which would be the market for defensive players

Mack and Donald are looking for a "big shot". similar offers. The players and their respective teams are probably watching how the other contract works. If Donald signs first, for example, Mack and the Raiders could have a target for a deal of their own.

There is also a rule that a player who holds less than 30 days before the regular season loses an accumulated season. free agency. Since Donald lasted longer than last year, he needs an accumulated season to be an unrestricted free agent in the season and should report to the Rams before August 7th.

That could dismiss the action on his case, and Mack is also a result

Mack worked hard away from the team, and is undoubtedly in great shape. His absence is not ideal for the Raiders, who are working to install, refine and perfect the plan of defensive coordinator Paul Guenther. Mack's presence would certainly help this process, but the Silver and the Black have a plan to give Mack an accelerated course on his role in the system.

He should not mitigate his impact by holding back. Donald is an example, having won the title of defensive player of the year in 2017, despite camp absences and pre-season work.