Chargers’ Keenan Allen on pace for a record-setting receiving season

COSTA MESA — There are at least two reasons why Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen leads the NFL with 97 receptions through the first 12 weeks of the season. First, he’s a skilled tactician with 11 seasons’ worth of battle-tested experience. Second, who would you rather have Justin Herbert pass it to?

If he continues to average eight-plus catches per game, Allen will shatter his career high of 106 receptions set in the 2021 season, the most recent of his five selections to the Pro Bowl.