Somewhere in the middle of the failures of the Chicago Bears offense this year, wide receiver Allen Robinson has put together a Pro Bowl-caliber season.
Robinson posted his third 100-yard receiving game of the season in Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers, where he had seven receptions for 125 yards. But he achieved something even greater in his second year with the Bears.
Robinson eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards this season, where Sunday’s total brought him to 1,023 yards. He is the first Bears receiver to have 1,000 or more yards in a season since Alshon Jeffery in 2014.
But given the context of the situation — a stunning loss that eliminated the Bears from playoff contention later that afternoon — it was hard for Robinson to really enjoy it.
“Anything that is positive that will come out of [this] is hard to enjoy in the moment,” Robinson said.
While it’s difficult to focus on anything positive right now after that devastating loss against the Packers, when the dust settles the Bears should feel good knowing they have a young, clear-cut No. 1 receiver (he’s only 26) that wants to remain with this franchise for the long haul.
