Panthers acquire Jared Allen

[Midswat]

Panthers acquire veteran pass-rusher Jared Allen from Bears in trade



The Carolina Panthers have acquired veteran pass-rusher Jared Allen from the Chicago Bears, pending a physical.


Allen is flying to Carolina to take the physical, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Fox Sports originally reported news of the trade.

The Bears will pay $11.5 million of Allen's salary, while the Panthers will pay him $823,000, sources told ESPN. The Bears will get a conditional sixth-round pick in 2016 for the veteran, a source told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

The move comes on the same day the Panthers announced that defensive end Charles Johnson will miss this week's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a severe hamstring injury.

 

[jnday]

The Bears really wanted him gone to pay over 11million dollars for what ends up being a 6th round pick. Allen must really be an unliked, washed up shell of his former self. He seems like the kind of guy that has no loyalty to any team that he has ever been with.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

The Bears traded LB Jon Bostic to the Patriots just now.

They're clearing that roster out.

 

[cmd34]

Will Sutton come on down.....

 

[dbair1967]

Apparently DE Charles Johnson headed to IR able to return this yr designation.