There wasn’t much to love about the Chicago Bears offense last season. But receiver Allen Robinson was easily the best thing about the offense.
Chicago’s offense was one of the worst units in the NFL last season. Despite that, Robinson impressed in the passing game. He had a career-best 98 receptions for 1,147 yards and seven touchdowns.
Robinson also thrived in contested-catch situations, as evidenced by his 92.7 grade by Pro Football Focus. Robinson ranked third among receivers in contest-catch opportunities, just behind Detroit’s Kenny Golladay and Miami’s DeVante Parker.
Highest-graded WRs on contested targets in 2019:
➤ Kenny Golladay – 93.0
➤ DeVante Parker – 93.0
➤ Allen Robinson II – 92.7
➤ Julio Jones – 91.9 pic.twitter.com/syI2frZZkT— PFF Fantasy Football (@PFF_Fantasy) July 13, 2020
Robinson is entering the final year of his three-year, $42 million extension with the Bears. While you’d figure re-signing Robinson should be a priority for general manager Ryan Pace, Robinson told ESPN 1000 that there haven’t been any discussions about an extension.
“They haven’t. We haven’t heard nothing,” Robinson said, via NBC Sports Chicago. “I think just as far as me and my agent, from a the conversations that we’ve had, we’re not necessarily anticipating hearing anything at this point. For us, we’re going into camp preparing ourselves to have a good year. If that comes up and they reach out to my agent, I’m sure they’ll have pretty good discussions and things like that, but again, that hasn’t happened yet. Maybe it will happen. I can’t predict the future, so I don’t know if that will happen at all.”
To be fair, Pace is known for his post-Labor Day extensions ahead of the season. Perhaps Robinson will be the latest player to garner a well-deserved extension.
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