Keenan Allen Said 'Thanks, But No Thanks' To Chargers' Plan To Keep Him In LA

The Chicago Bears made a big acquisition this week in wideout Keenan Allen who will make for another solid target for Caleb Williams should the Bears decide to select him with the first overall pick in the upcoming draft.

Allen will join DJ Moore at the top of the Bears depth chart and that'll be a more than serviceable one-two punch for the Bears' passing game.

I should know: Allen and Moore were both integral pieces of my OutKick Fantasy Football League championship-winning team.

*Self-satisfied sniff*

However on Saturday afternoon while being formally announced as a Bear, Allen revealed that there was an option on the table that would have kept him in Los Angeles, but he declined.

And when you see what they wanted, you'll realize he made a good decision.

The Los Angeles Chargers' decision to deal Allen had everything to do with clearing some cap space, but it was revealed that they approached him about restructuring his current deal to help the franchise navigate its cap situation.

He said no.

As ESPN's Courtney Cronin wrote on X, Allen wanted to be a Charger for the rest of his career, but asking him to mess with his current deal on the heels of one of his most productive seasons in his 11-year career — all with the Chargers — was a bridge too far.

"It really was no emotion, it was ‘I’m not doing it,'" Allen said. "I just came off my best season, so it’s not happening."

I'm sure it didn't help the Chargers' case that the outlook for them looks a little grim after a wildly underwhelming season, to put it mildly.

Honestly, you can't blame Allen for wanting to stick with his more favorable deal given the numbers he put up last year and how his stock may be as high as it'll be for the rest of his career. He posted 1243 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns over 13 games last season.