LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”
LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”
LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”
LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”
LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”
LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”
LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”
LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Earlier than he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, large receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to discover a number of choices for the place he needed to proceed his profession after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
“There have been a pair groups that they’d permit me, I assume, to say the place I needed to go,” Allen stated Saturday. “I solely had like two groups.”
These two groups had been the New York Jets and Houston Texans, in line with Allen.
The Chargers had been $21 million over the wage cap earlier than free company formally started Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Within the means of turning into cap compliant, pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack each agreed to pay cuts whereas the staff launched veteran large receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract final offseason, Allen declined to take a pay reduce and was subsequently traded to the Bears for a fourth-round choice (No. 110).
“It actually was no emotion. It was ‘I am not doing it,'” Allen stated of his response to being requested to restructure his contract. “I am not doing it. I simply got here off my greatest season, so it is not taking place.”
Regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the 2023 season with a heel damage, Allen set the Chargers’ single-single report for receptions (108) and led the staff with 1,243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns.
The six-time Professional Bowl large receiver left the Chargers ranked second on the staff’s checklist of all-time receiving accomplishments (10,530 yards, 904 catches) and third in touchdowns (59). He’s coming off his fifth season with 100 receptions, which is tied for the third most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Antonio Brown and Brandon Marshall. Allen additionally holds the report for many video games with 15 receptions (three) and ranks fourth all time for many video games with 10 receptions. He had 4 video games with 10 receptions final season, tied for the second most within the NFL.
Allen, 31, has one 12 months remaining on the four-year, $80.1 million contract extension he signed in 2020 with a $5 million roster bonus due Sunday. Whereas he stated he and the Bears are approaching the prospect of a brand new deal “someday at a time,” his hope is to stay along with his new staff on a long-term foundation.
“Completely,” Allen stated. “Or we would not be right here proper now. Clearly, we’ll get there down the road.”
Along with pairing Allen with large receiver DJ Moore, who can also be coming off a career-best 12 months, the Bears signed operating again D’Andre Swift and tight finish Gerald Everett in free company. Subsequent month, the Bears lead off the draft with the No. 1 general choose with the potential to draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams on April 25.
Allen ushered in Justin Herbert’s NFL profession with the Chargers and expressed a want to do the identical, whether or not Chicago sticks with incumbent quarterback Justin Fields, who’s getting into his fourth NFL season, or transitions to a rookie quarterback.
“I believe I am only a pleasant man,” Allen stated. “I am a pleasant man on and off the sphere. Clearly on the soccer discipline, I do know the sport. I do know the ins and outs, I do know the zones, I understand how to beat man, I do know just about the way to play the sport. I simply assume I am pleasant for the quarterback as a result of I will be in the proper spots. I understand how to speak with him, and my physique language is strong too.”