Sources: Chargers dealing Keenan Allen to Bears for 4th-rounder

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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears made their biggest splash in free agency Thursday night, agreeing to send a fourth-round pick to the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for wide receiver Keenan Allen, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Allen, 31, is entering the final year of the four-year contract extension he signed in 2020 and is due a $5 million roster bonus on Sunday. After declining to take a pay cut from the Chargers, he has a new home in a Bears offense opposite wideout DJ Moore.

Allen, a six-time Pro Bowl selection, will reunite with wide receivers coach Chris Beatty, who coached the same position with the Chargers from 2021-23. Allen…