The experienced wide receiver Keenan Allen, who has spent his whole career with the Chargers organization, is one of the best wide receivers in the league, and the Chicago Bears got a valuable offensive weapon to play opposite DJ Moore.
Allen will join the Bears in Chicago after a trade with the Los Angeles Chargers was finalized on Thursday.
Prior to Thursday’s deal, the seasoned Pro Bowl wide receiver played his whole NFL career with the Chargers. He amassed over 900 receptions and 10,000 receiving yards in powder blue because of his exceptional route running, which is now anticipated to aid the Bears in turning around the team.
During his first press conference on Saturday, Allen declared, “I’m definitely excited about the new opportunity.” “Despite being a new organization, there are many traditions inside this one. I obviously wanted to play one more season with the Chargers, but you have to move on from things that come up.
After Keenan Allen rejected the team’s offer of a pay cut, the team made the unexpected trade out of Los Angeles. After watching Allen develop from a 2013 third-round choice when the team was still in San Diego to one of the league’s top wide receivers 11 seasons later, the Chargers brass, led by head coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz, didn’t have the same allegiance toward him as others might.
Hortiz and Harbaugh took over a Los Angeles Chargers squad that was having cap issues and made a strategic choice. Allen also treated the proposal for a reorganization with an emotion-free perspective.