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The Chicago Bears supposedly included a substantial piece to their offense Thursday.
According to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, the Bears are trading for Los Angeles Chargers pass receiver Keenan Allen in exchange for a fourth-round choice. Allen had 1,243 getting lawns and 7 goals regardless of playing simply 13 video games in 2023.
Including the veteran offers Chicago a substantial increase as it prepares for what it hopes will be a huge year in 2024. The Bears hold the No. 1 choice in this year's draft, where they highly likely might pick the quarterback who will be tossing to Allen.
Here's how the receiver suits the Bears' depth chart of ability position gamers:
- QB: Justin Fields, Tyson Bagent, Brett Rypien
- RB: De'Andre Swift, Khalil Herbert, Roschon Johnson, Travis Homer
- WR: Keenan Allen, DJ Moore, Collin Johnson, Tyler Scott, Velus Jones Jr., Nsimba Webster
- TE: Cole Kmet, Gerald Everett, Stephen Carlson
Before the trade, the Bears had actually an approximated wage cap of $57.19 million, per Spotrac. Allen has a $23 million salary-cap hit, suggesting Chicago will now have actually an approximated $34.09 million in cap area. The Bears held one of the most cap area heading into totally free company, providing the high-end of handling gamers like the 31-year-old.
Allen, who has actually been with the Chargers his whole profession, was apparently approached by Los Angeles about taking a pay cut. He decreased and was sent out to Chicago a couple of hours later on, ending an 11-year period with the Chargers.
The Bears' offseason is far from over. The group holds the No. 9 choice, and Chicago is anticipated to trade quarterback Justin Fields and draft USC's Caleb Williams with the No. 1 total choice. Fields, who had an appealing 3rd year in 2023, might yield more pieces for Chicago.
Need to the Bears take Williams with the very first choice, the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner will be strolling into an offense that is established to be successful.
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Pieces in location for the number 1 general choice to deal with in Chicago: > WR DJ Moore> WR Keenan Allen> RB D'Andre Swift> TE Cole Kmet > TE Gerald Everett > A young OT duo of Darnell Wright and Braxton Jones. > A rebuilt offending training personnel. > Pretty darn excellent.
The Bears have actually not discovered much success over the last years and have actually missed out on the postseason the last 3 years. A great offseason might cause the shift Chicago has actually been looking for.
