Keenan Allen was displeased with his head coach on Sunday on a very public forum.
Allen's tweet questioning his call on Sunday
to go for it on fourth down late against the Cleveland Browns. The Los Angeles Chargers head coach said he's since spoken with Allen about the tweet and believes that the public disagreement has already made him"closer" with the Pro Bowl receiver.at his Monday news conference. The thing that I will say is that Keenan Allen is a captain for us, and he and I, since I've become the head coach, have become extremely close. ...
"It's just a part of sports,""We're going to become closer because of it. We already became closer this morning because of it.""WTF are we doing." That was Allen's response to Staley's decision to go for it on fourth-and-a-long 1 at the Chargers' own 46-yard line while leading the Browns, 30-28 with 1:14 remaining. He's sinceAllen was not involved in the play or the game as he waswith an ankle injury. He was not alone in questioning the call that generated plenty of controversy in the ongoing football analytics debate.
A conversion would have sealed the win, while coming up short would have set the Browns up a few yards from field-goal range with a chance to kick a game winner. The alternative was to punt in an effort to pin the Browns deep.The Chargers went for it and failed. They still won after Cade York's 54-yard field goal attempt to win the game missed.
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