There are parallels between Allen and Amari Cooper, both of whom had career highs in some key categories in 2023 but then looked about five years older in 2024. In Allen's case, he dropped from 95.6 yards per game in his final season with the Chargers to 49.6 ypg in his lone season with the Bears, posting career lows for catch rate (57.9 percent) and yards per target (6.1) while playing in an offense that got subpar efforts from its offensive line, QB and top coaches. Allen was a victim of circumstance, yet also part of the problem, with his per-target numbers being worse than those of Chicago's other key pass catchers and 64 percent of his production coming in five of his 15 games (including four Chicago losses in which he mostly piled up stats near the end). That helps explain why he remained unsigned in late April when he celebrated his 33rd birthday. Allen presumably will sign somewhere eventually, but he may have to compete for his playing time in training camp, and even then there's a chance he'd only be a slot specialist in three-wide formations.

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