A reunion months in the making finally became official when the LA Chargers signed Keenan Allen to a one-year, $8.52 million deal. Allen now finds himself in a Chargers wide receiver room that looks much different than the one he left. He also finds himself in a different role.
Allen was the bona fide WR1 when he was previously with the Chargers but that is no longer the reality. Ladd McConkey has taken that role and won't give it up to Allen. Instead, Allen finds himself as a veteran cog on the wheel who elevates the floor of the offense while providing veteran leadership for a young receiving corps.