Each of the four offensive free agents the Bears signed Wednesday and unveiled Thursday at Halas Hall is expected to play an important role in the team’s long-awaited renaissance. And each has his own expectations for how he will contribute to his new team.
Wide receiver Allen Robinson is already considered the alpha among a crew of pass catchers that has tremendous room for improvement after a weak campaign in 2017. That group must step up if second-year quarterback Mitch Trubisky is to reach his potential, and Robinson must lead.
That might be a lot to put on a 24-year-old who’s coming off a torn ACL in his left knee and has the pressure of a $42 million contract to live up to, but it doesn’t seem to faze Robinson in the least.