Chargers commerce star extensive receiver Keenan Allen to Chicago Bears

(KGTV) – Chargers star extensive receiver Keenan Allen, one of many few energetic NFL gamers to have performed for the franchise throughout its time in San Diego, was traded Thursday to the Chicago Bears.

The Bears are reportedly sending a 2024 fourth-round draft decide to the Bolts in change for the six-time Professional Bowler.

A number of media studies indicated Allen’s wage cap quantity for the 2024 season was a whopping $34 million, doubtless forcing the workforce to facilitate the transfer.

The 31-year-old Allen has spent his total profession with the Chargers and had been the longest-tenured participant on the roster; Allen was drafted by the then-San Diego Chargers within the third spherical of the 2013 draft.

In 2023, Allen made the AFC Professional Bowl squad after catching 108 passes for 1,243 yards and 7 touchdowns.

With Allen’s departure, defensive lineman Joey Bosa is the final participant on the Los Angeles Chargers to have performed for the workforce when it was in San Diego.

Bosa was rumored to be a attainable wage cap casualty for weeks after the top of the 2023 season, however he restructured his contract this week to stay with the workforce.

The Chargers franchise relocated to Los Angeles after the 2016 season.