Other contenders called but Khalil Mack didn't answer: Why he returned to L.A.

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• In Kris' free time, he lives his NBA dreams at men's leagues across Los Angeles. Follow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsLOS ANGELES -- Almost everything is a competition between Los Angeles Chargers outside linebackers Khalil Mack and Tuli Tuipulotu. It's commonplace to hear one of them yelling the other's name in the locker room, sometimes to annoy, other times to lay down a challenge.
• Last season, the competition of choice was shuffleboard; this season, it's cornhole, and occasionally pingpong.
• Tuipulotu's never afraid to trash-talk Mack.
• "That was weak as hell, OG," he once told Mack during a game of cornhole.
• Mack laughed it off: "Watch this."It's a big brother-little brother dynamic built on playful jabs and banter -- but there's a throughline of respect and admiration."I just want to be him," Tuipulotu said.