Chargers Interim Head Coach Giff Smith, who has been Mack’s position coach the past two seasons, reflected on Mack’s milestone.
“Just think about that, what an incredible number,” Smith said. “You’re hunting it for a few weeks and it’s tough. It seems like that’s always the hardest one to get. So excited for him and his family. Grateful to be apart of it.”
Smith later added: “I would put it like pre-steroid era in baseball, the 500 home runs. It’s a landmark number. You start doing the basic math, you’re like, ‘That’s crazy’. It’s a crazy number, I don’t know when I got in coaching that I ever thought I’d be apart of something.”
That sack also gave Mack 16.0 on the season, which set a new career-best for the 32-year old. Mack also became just the third player 32 or older to reach 16.0 sacks in NFL history.
Mack, who accomplished the feat in his 150th career game, became the fifth active player and 43rd overall to reach 100.0 career sacks.
Mack, who had been stuck on 99.5 career sacks for a few weeks, said he was just glad to get the proverbial monkey off his back.
“Yeah, it’s definitely a little weight off just understanding you want to hit that milestone,” Mack said. “Ultimately, you want to win the ball game so it can feel extra good afterwards.
“The fact we didn’t get it done is bittersweet, but my wife waiting for me at the crib, probably going to have some balloons or something and all that,” Mack added. “But I’m a team guy so it’s definitely bittersweet.”
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