The Chicago Bears made their biggest splash in free agency Thursday night, sending a fourth-round pick to the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for wide receiver Keenan Allen, the teams announced.
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Chicago has four picks remaining in the draft after sending one of two fourth-round picks to the Chargers on Thursday. Last month at the NFL combine, coach Matt Eberflus noted the priority of adding more players to Chicago's wide receiver room. Former Bears receiver Darnell Mooney signed a three-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons in free agency, leaving Moore,Velus Jones Jr., Tyler Scott and Nsimba Websteras the only receivers on the Bears' roster. Webster has spent the majority of his career in Chicago on the practice squad.
Allen is the third skill player the Bears have added on offense this week, along with former Chargers tight end Gerald Everett, who agreed to a two-year contract, and running backD'Andre Swift, who signed a three-year, $24 million contract Thursday. "What Keenan Allen has meant to the Chargers for more than a decade cannot adequately be expressed through mere words," Chargers owner Dean Spanos said in a prepared statement Thursday night. "There will only be one Keenan Allen, and we cannot thank him enough for the contributions he has made to our organization both on and off the field."
Allen went on to say he would play for only a select few teams if he were traded -- otherwise, he would retire.
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