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Sadness But Optimism: Day One of the Bears' Offseason

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Allen Robinson couldn’t sleep. He tried to relax but couldn’t stop thinking about the Bears' brutal one-point wild-card game home loss to the Eagles. It was the receiver's best game of the season and the most painful loss of his football career. The reality that the Bears' infectious 12-4 joyride had ended so abruptly had Robinson tossing and turning at 3 a.m. Even when his brain finally shut off for the night, the peace was fleeting. He woke up three hours later to the same thought: What now?

“Guys expected to come in here today for our normal off day, come in here for treatment, go for our lift,” Robinson said Monday while players cleaned out their lockers.