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The Bears were so ecstatic to get six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Keenan Allen to Halas Hall that they sent a private jet to pick him up. Even after 11 seasons in the NFL and over $100 million in career earnings, he’d never been on one and thought that was pretty cool.
It was a small gesture, but important for a franchise that’s trying to finally do something new. Allen is the biggest name they’ve acquired since trading for future Hall of Famer Khalil Mack six years ago, and the Bears want him to see they aren’t the same team that prompted former All-Pro Muhsin Muhammad to say Chicago is “where receivers go to die.