Keenan Allen is still a Charger at heart with reaction to Bears' Hail Mary loss

You can trade the player away from the LA Chargers but you cannot take the LA Chargers out of the player.

Keenan Allen, one of the biggest fan favorites in recent franchise history and one of the greatest wideouts to ever don the powder blue, was traded by the Chargers this past offseason to the Chicago Bears. For the price of a fourth-round pick, the Bears received an experienced wideout who would help develop No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams.

Allen's experience goes deeper than the passing game as he is also experienced with heartbreak thanks to his time with the Chargers. That heartbreak has followed Allen, as the Bears suffered one of the most back-breaking Hail Mary losses in Week 8 at the hands of Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders.

The reactions from the Bears' sideline were mostly of disgust. But when it came to Allen, he looked like someone who had been there before (because, well, he has).

Keenan Allen is clearly still a Charger at heart with reaction to Bears' Hail Mary loss

There have been too many heartbreaking Chargers losses to count over the last decade but there is one type that never happened: a Hail Mary loss. Allen can at least check that one off the list of heartbreaking losses.

Chicago is having a promising season in Williams' rookie year and one bad loss does not change that. However, nearly halfway into the 2024 season, it is fair to question if Allen and the Chargers are missing each other.

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Allen has not produced much in Chicago with one vintage game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Outside of that, Allen's production has declined a substantial amount. Even with Ladd McConkey's emergence, Allen would have produced much more if he had been still on the Chargers.

There is also the Joey Bosa variable. The Chargers essentially chose to keep Bosa over Allen as the former was willing to restructure his contract. Unfortunately, Bosa has been unable to stay healthy and appeared to aggravate his injury in his return in Week 8.

Both sides would probably be better off if they never split up. Allen would get to produce in a contract year and would not have to suffer through a Hail Mary loss (not yet, at least, and let's knock on some wood).

Meanwhile, Herbert would still have his most reliable passing target on top of the rookie-year emergence of McConkey. With Allen, the Chargers would have had a receiving corps suited for a playoff run instead of having one of the worst passing groups in the league.

But alas, we cannot go back and change history. Instead, Allen just gets to pretend he is still on the Chargers by suffering heartbreaking losses with a new franchise.