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Bears receivers coach Chris Beatty was on a plane home to Maryland when he got news of the team acquiring receiver Keenan Allen from the Chargers, where Beatty coached Allen for three seasons. It’s fitting that Beatty was headed to Maryland because that’s where he also coached receiver DJ Moore.
“I had already been talking because Keenan and I talk all the time anyway, so I was like, ‘This can’t be real at the end of the day,’” Beatty said. “Then I get the call, and my son was sitting there with me. He knew by the look on my face.