November 23, 2024

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Chargers receiver Keenan Allen stretches before a game against the Miami Dolphins at SoFi Stadium in Saturday.

Chargers receiver Keenan Allen stretches before a game against the Miami Dolphins at SoFi Stadium in Saturday.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

He had just left Minnesota’s defense in shambles, catching 18 passes for 215 yards on a day when he also threw for a touchdown.

No player in NFL history had produced such a performance, and now Keenan Allen was walking through a concrete hallway deep inside U.S. Bank Stadium to meet with the media.

Along the way, a member of the Chargers’ public-relations staff was briefing Allen on all the other records he had set, a few of them stunning while others were more, well, obscure.

“You know,” Allen said, interrupting, “some of these sound made up.”

Indeed, chronicling sports achievement these days can become a little convoluted, with so many feats being framed as historic, if not once-in-forever.

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