Keenan Allen trade grades: Who won the Bears and Chargers deal?
Thursday night saw quite the shockwave in the NFL world.
In a late stunner, the Los Angeles Chargers dealt away Keenan Allen, one of the NFL’s most consistent and electric receivers, to the Chicago Bears. For Los Angeles, it’s a deal about clearing the financial books in preparation for a brighter future. For Chicago, it’s about presumably giving a rookie quarterback a full cupboard of competent, if not game-breaking, weapons at the start of his career.
Needless to say, this Allen trade will have a significant ripple effect on the dynamics of the NFC North, AFC West, and perhaps both the AFC and NFC on the whole in the long term.
Let’s hand out some grades and see who came out on top in this trade.