Before he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, wide receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to explore several options for where he wanted to continue his career after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
— Before he was traded from the Chargers to the Bears on Thursday, wide receiver Keenan Allen revealed that Los Angeles had permitted him to explore several options for where he wanted to continue his career after spending 11 seasons with the franchise.
„There were a couple teams that they would allow me, I guess, to say where I wanted to go,“ Allen said on Saturday. „I only had like two teams.“
Those two teams were the New York Jets and the Houston Texans, according to Allen.
The Chargers were $21 million over the salary cap before free agency officially began on March 13 at 4 p.m. ET. In the process of becoming cap compliant, pass rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack both agreed to pay cuts while the team released veteran wide receiver Mike Williams.
After restructuring his contract last offseason, Allen declined to take a pay cut and was subsequently traded to the Bears in exchange for a fourth-round selection (No. 110).
„It really was no emotion, it was ‚I’m not doing it,'“ Allen said of his reaction after being asked to restructure his contract.
