Chicago Bears: Ranking top receivers in free agency, trade market

Allen Robinson

I can understand why one would be wary of Robinson at the moment.

He’s coming off an ACL tear and, while he should make a full recovery, he could open the season on the PUP list/IR potentially. And you’d rather your prized free agent acquisition plays from the get-go with no pre-existing injury concerns.

From that standpoint, Landry will appeal to people more. He’s safer with fewer things to worry about, on paper.

But thinking about it that way glosses over a really important fact: all things being equal, Allen Robinson is better than Jarvis Landry. No question.

When healthy, he’s a true No. 1 who commands tons of targets, has all the big-play potential you could want and has proven he can produce with the big dogs (80 catches, 1400 yards, 14 touchdowns and 2015).

I’m taking those numbers over Landry’s 100 catches all day, every day.

And with Blake Bortles as his quarterback? I’ll definitely take that.

People will point to the fact that Nagy hasn’t necessarily needed a No. 1-type receiver in his offenses before as a reason for “not reaching” on Robinson or a big receiver in the draft.

But let’s be real here: do you think Nagy would turn down that kind of guy if the Chicago Bears got him one? No way.

Robinson would put the ceiling of the Bears offense far higher than any other addition. Aside from his medicals, that should be one of the highest considerations here.

That, and the Bears won’t have to forfeit draft capital for him.