Welcome in to another edition of the Undercenter podcast here on NBCSportsChicago.com.

I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined by John Moon Malin here at Hallis Hall.

Back a week.

It's Green Bay Week.

We made it.

It feels like we've been out to sea for nine months, all of a sudden now we've seen we were approaching

Martinique. The bears get to practice on Wednesday really start preparing an earnest. Moon,

let's just start with this. What do you think is a realistic expectation for Khalil Mack on

Sunday? I'd be surprised if he doesn't play 90% of the snaps.

Really?

Yeah.

I mean, he's a four-year veteran, the guy who started, ever played 95% of the snaps.

The one thing that may give him a bit of a break is simply the rotation approach and the

number of bodies they have.

I don't know how many linebackers they'll keep healthy or, excuse me, keep active.

Some of that may depend on health, but they have so many outside backers now that they can

they can spot him or they can give him a blow, you know, use him a little more sparingly,

even give you more energy.

So the one thing I would expect is he doesn't miss a snap in the fourth quarter.

If this game is close, I think he's coming for number 12, and I don't think he's going to miss this opportunity.

So my barometer on this was the Rams last year, Aaron Donald signed a day before the season started.

He didn't play in week one, then in week two. After a full

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