If you listened to the hype surrounding the Bears prior to the 2019 season, you’d expect to see Chicago representing the NFC in Super Bowl LIV.
Instead, the Bears will be on the sideline watching the big game following a decline in 2019. They went from a 12-4 season filled with optimism to a 8-8 season filled with questions heading into an early offseason without a postseason berth.
Chicago’s offensive struggles were mostly to blame, as the unit was one of the worst in the entire NFL. They ranked near the bottom in most statistical categories, including points per game (17.5) and yards per game (296.8).
But if you ask Bears receiver Allen Robinson, the Bears “are not that far off” from accomplishing something great.
“I think we have a lot of playmakers,” he told the Sun-Times. “We have a lot of talent. I think the word ‘regressed’ was used a lot, but I truly believe that young players don’t really … When I think of ‘regressed,’ I think of older players.
“For us, I think it’s more that we didn’t see everything through the same set of eyes. For us, we have to make sure we’re going out there with the details of everything, knowing what we want to accomplish — that’s route detail, that’s path for the running back. Everything across the board has to become more detailed. I think with the team we have and the youth we have on our offense, we’re only getting better.”
At the center of the offense’s scrutiny has been quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, whose regression was a huge part of the offense’s decline in 2019.
But Robinson isn’t worried about Trubisky. He believes that the offense will get better in 2020, which begins with Trubisky.
“I think it’s one of those things where, it just comes do being seasoned,” Robinson said. “Last year was only his third year in the league, so it comes down to, the more ball you play, the better you get. That’s really how it goes in this league.”
The good news is that there’s nowhere to go but up for the Bears offense in 2020.
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