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As the Chargers headed toward the start of the new league year last week, new general manager Joe Hortiz had a salary-cap puzzle to solve. His team was set to take massive cap hits on wide receivers Keenan Allen and Mike Williams and pass rushers Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa.
After restructuring Mack and Bosa’s contracts, he cut Williams and traded Allen to the Bears for a fourth-round pick. It got the Chargers out of his $23.1 million cap hit for this year, and but it cost them a six-time Pro Bowl talent who is coming off one of his best seasons.