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Allen Robinson has said on several occasions that everything is on the table regarding his future in Chicago or elsewhere.
Last week in an interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio, the Bears wide receiver said there was an “open line of communication” with the club but noted the parties had not spoken for “some time.”
This time is apparently months.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported on Tuesday on NFL NOW that no discussion of a long-term contract extension between the Bears and Robinson has taken place since September.
“It would certainly seem to put the (franchise) tag on the line,” Pelissero noted. “Whether it’s the Bears trying to do an expansion, whether it’s setting up Robinson to play on the tag, or maybe even a tag-and-trade scenario.”
Robinson has generated 1,147 yards and 1,250 yards in the past two years in Chicago, respectively, with 13 total TDs. He did so despite QB’s shoddy play.
Last season, Robinson generated 1,250 of the Bears’ 3,925 passing yards, or more than 31%. It’s not hyperbole to suggest the Bears’ passing offense would have been the worst in the league without Robinson in the past three seasons.
A reliable weapon that can open against all covers, can win on the outside or in the middle, and which is a load for corners in the red zone deserves a pay rise. He has not yet received one in Chicago.
“At this point I would be pretty much open to anything on the table,” Robinson said on SiriusXM NFL Radio last Thursday. “I’m not 100% sure what’s going to happen in the next few weeks as a free agent and things like that, but as it is, I’m definitely going to open up to anything about the table.”
The franchise label window opens on February 23 and ends on March 9. Unless expansion talks progress quickly with Robinson, he’s a candidate to get slapped with that tag before the window closes.
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