Brian Gutekunst didn’t explicitly say the Green Bay Packers were interested in a trade for training camp holdout Khalil Mack, but the first-year general manager certainly didn’t dismiss a question about the possibility of calling the Oakland Raiders about their All-Pro edge rusher.

“We’re going to have conversations about everything,” Gutekunst said Tuesday. “There’s some things that don’t make sense for us from a team-building (sense), but we’re going to have conversations, especially with a player of that ability.”

Gutekunst was specifically asked if he’d call Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie, a former Packers scout and personnel executive, about Mack’s availability.

“I would give Reggie a call anyway, whether he was or wasn’t (available),” Gutekunst said.

Mack, a three-time Pro Bowler and one of the game’s top pass rushers, is currently holding out from Raiders camp while attempting to get a new deal. The two sides have made little progress in negotiations, leading to increasing speculation regarding the potential of the Raiders shifting gears and attempting to move the former first-round pick.

The Packers would seem to have the resources necessary to land an elite player like Mack. Gutekunst acquired an extra first-round pick in next year’s draft, and the Packers have tens of millions coming off the salary cap next offseason. On the field, new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine might see a big need at edge rusher, based on the health status of Clay Matthews and Nick Perry and the development of Kyler Fackrell, Vince Biegel, Reggie Gilbert, Chris Odom and Kendall Donnerson.

Gutekunst never said Mack by name during his answer, but he caught himself from saying too much more.

“Those players on other teams, I guess we’re not really supposed to talk about those guys,” Gutekunst said.

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