When Allen Robinson signed with the Bears in March 2018, he was slowly working his injured left knee back toward football movements. He wasn’t yet sprinting and was limited explosive jumps as he recovered from surgery to repair his torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Fast forward a year: in March 2019, Robinson flew to Huntington Beach, Calif., to work with Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky. He and fellow receivers Taylor Gabriel, Javon Wims and Marvin Hall caught passes in the Southern California sun, fine-tuning the subtleties of each passing route.
“For us, being able to touch base on things early before we even get back, I think that’s always a big thing,” Robinson said Wednesday.