"Change?" IDK. Just saying it that way implies they were planning on signing Allen, which I don't know is completely true. I mean, he never was truly 'in the bag' for us.
Sure, it affects the draft, as it is a small hole that it would be nice to fill. If the FO thought it was a critical juncture, they would have approached the whole Allen negotiations more like last year with Avril and Bennett. They would have shown more urgency, if you will.
As it is, I'm not shaking in my boots at the current situation, with the entire draft coming up and a couple of young guys who just might be ready to step up and contribute in a major way. Given our scouting crew's ability to find talent and our coaching staff's ability to coach it up, I'm pretty confident we'll all have forgotten Allen's name by December.