Wide receiver Allen Robinson has been the Bears’ most constant offensive participant and got here by way of along with his greatest sport of the season of their 19-14 win over the Giants on Sunday.
Robinson caught six passes for 131 yards and a landing, his second-best sport as a Bear, and considerably elevated his probabilities of producing a 1,000-yard season.
“It’s just about finishing strong — not even me personally, but helping this team push through all the adversity,” he mentioned. “It’s all the time enjoyable to have a sport like that and have the whole lot be clicking.
“Throughout these final 5 video games, [I’m] attempting to have just a few extra video games like that. Hopefully it transfers to some wins.”
Robinson accounted for almost half of Mitch Trubisky’s 278 passing yards, and the quarterback focused him on 10 of 41 makes an attempt. Trubisky had a 137.5 passer ranking on throws to Robinson, versus 46.zero when trying elsewhere.
Robinson pushed his season totals to 63 receptions, 764 yards and 4 touchdowns. He is now on tempo for 1,111 yards.
His day would’ve been even greater if not for a brutal penalty by heart Cody Whitehair early within the second quarter. Robinson beat cornerback Sam Beal for a catch about 20 yards downfield, then took it one other 40 yards, nevertheless it was referred to as again as a result of Whitehair was whistled for unlawful palms to the face.
Instead of being getting ready to the purple zone, the Bears sat at third-and-18 at their very own 8-yard line.
“Of course it’s frustrating whenever you have any play that’s negated, but you’ve gotta move on and make more plays,” Robinson mentioned. “Stuff like that happens. There could be a flag almost every play.”
Robinson jumpstarted the Bears popping out of halftime, too. After a primary half through which they managed three factors, he caught a 23-yarder to get the Bears throughout midfield on their first drive and spun cornerback Corey Ballentine round on a 32-yard landing catch to take a 10-7 lead.
It was the 11th 100-yard sport of his profession and third since becoming a member of the group. No different Bears participant has cracked 80 yards in a sport this season.