Chicago Bears: Pros and Cons of Potential Free Agent WRs

Allen Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars

Positive: Whether Chicago Bears fans want to admit it or not, the offense severely missed Alshon Jeffery last season. With the Bears, Jeffery was a true go-to WR that the QB felt comfortable going to when a big play is needed. The Bears thought they were replacing that with Cameron Meredith, but a scary knee injury in preseason put a question mark on his potential.

Robinson is by far the most skilled WR in this group and if he doesn’t get tagged will be the most coveted. Robinson is a bona fide #1 WR that does everything you want.

Good-to-great route runner…check.

Good size (6-3 209 pounds)…check.

Decent speed…check.

Down-the-field playmaker…check.

Big catch radius…check.

If you want to quickly unlock Trubisky’s potential, Robinson is definitely the sure-fire guy on this list that will give the Bears a potential star WR that can greatly fill the void left by Jeffery.

Negative: The assumption is that Pace will place a high-round tender on Meredith, and he will have an important role in Nagy’s offense. Meredith and Robinson are both coming off torn ACL injuries, and you can see Nagy more so than Pace hesitant to be without his top two guys for the greater portion of off-season workouts.

Some fans can gloss over the importance of OTAs and mini-camp, but it’s usually the time where coaches (specifically new) start installing the foundation of their scheme and expand from there.

Bears can afford one player recovering back from an ACL injury but definitely not two of their top wide receivers on the shelf for the greater part of off-season workouts.

On the flip side, Robinson is an experienced veteran wide receiver that can likely pick up the offense quickly in training camp. He’s that good that you can afford to take that risk. If it works out, you have a star play-maker on the outside for Trubisky.