{"id":478987,"date":"2026-02-14T07:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478987\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T07:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:12:07","slug":"keenan-allen-linked-to-former-chargers-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478987\/","title":{"rendered":"Keenan Allen linked to former Chargers coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 13, 2026, 7:49 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chargers<\/a> wide receiver Keenan Allen has been linked to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" data-autotag=\"84b23fc0-f769-4d65-9d38-018c62e4efd7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Saints<\/a> in free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">New Orleans&#8217; head coach Kellen Moore served as Los Angeles&#8217; offensive coordinator in 2023, and Allen was one of his primary wideouts on the roster. Now, as an unrestricted free agent, Allen could join Moore in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/nfl\/2026-nfl-free-agency-top-100-players-available-potential-fits\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Auman<\/a> of FOX Sports predicts Allen will sign with the Saints this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Allen, 33, returned to the Chargers in 2025 and still found a way to get 81 catches for 777 yards and four touchdowns. He&#8217;s easing into WR3 mode, but has a re\u0301sume\u0301 with 1,000-plus catches and 70 career touchdowns, so he&#8217;s a good fit for a team looking for a veteran mentor to pair with a young receiver. That could mean staying with the Chargers, but he&#8217;d be a nice value match for the Saints, who could use another playmaker and have Kellen Moore, who had him in 2023.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How Did Keenan Allen Perform in 2025?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Allen&#8217;s return to the Chargers couldn&#8217;t have been better. He provided a veteran presence to a young receiver corps, finishing the season with 777 yards on 81 receptions and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During the 2025 campaign, Allen recorded his 1,000th career reception. While Allen is currently an unrestricted free agent, he&#8217;s expressed interest in returning to LA next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Allen plans on continuing his playing career in 2026, and he wants to continue donning the powder blue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Absolutely. Body feels good, healthy. Being in the locker room around guys like Ladd [McConkey], Justin [Herbert]-you know, like we talked about it. It keeps me young and able to do what I&#8217;m supposed to do,&#8221; Allen told Zach Gelb in an interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 7:49 p.m. PT Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen has been linked to the Saints in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[202558,64,63,593,85,243484,243485,203469,243488,243487,243486,203146,203905,203142,203149,202563,203139,202561],"class_list":["post-478987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsnflchargers","tag-sstsnchargers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagfox-sports","tag-tagkeenan-allen","tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}