Grading the 2019 Bears by position: Wide receivers

Heading into the 2019 season, the Bears WRs looked to be one of the deepest position groups on the team. How’d they grade for the season?

Going into the 2019 season, the receiving corps of the Chicago Bears looked to be one of the deepest position groups on the team.

Boasting a fully healthy Allen Robinson and Anthony Miller, who appeared ready to become a deadly duo in the NFC North, as well as speedster Taylor Gabriel, rookie Riley Ridley, second-year receiver Javon Wims and free agent pickup Cordarrelle Patterson, the sky appeared to be the limit for this young group.

Instead, Robinson was the only one to take off, becoming the true number one option the team needed, with everyone else fell to the wayside. Here are the grades for each wide receiver on the Bears.

Allen Robinson: A

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Undoubtedly the MVP of the offense, Allen Robinson was the bright spot on an otherwise disastrous unit. The Bears receiver has his best season since breaking out in 2015, catching 98 passes for 1,147 yards and seven touchdowns. He accounted for nearly one third of the Bears’ passing yards for the season and ascended to the go-to receiver the team believed they were getting when he was signed as a free agent in 2018.

Robinson made incredible catches throughout the entire season and became the key third-down target to continue drives. Whether it was a back-shoulder throw or an inside hitch route, Robinson did it all this season and produced at a high level. If there was one thing to knock, it would be a few drops, some of which came at inopportune times. But a few rough moments can’t overshadow the best season by a Bears wide receiver since 2014.

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