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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After four years of ups and downs in Jacksonville, wide receiver Allen Robinson signed with the Chicago Bears in free agency earlier this month.
The former second-round pick agreed to a three-year, $42 million deal during the league's legal tampering period prior to free agency.
Prior to receiving the deal from Chicago, Robinson had other options, which gave him leverage when it came time to make the decision on the big move.
He garnered early interest from the New York Jets and the Cleveland Browns, two teams with enormous amounts of cap space. The Green Bay Packers also entered a bidding war for Robinson's services.
In the end, it came down to the Packers and the Bears. Robinson chose the Windy City.
"With all things being equal, Chicago was a place I had my eyes on from a football standpoint," Robinson said during a phone conversation with First Coast News.
"It's a spot with a lot of benefits as far as it being close to home. The close-to-home thing was a very minimal factor but it was still a factor."
Along with the geographical benefits of playing near his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, Robinson's interest in Chicago was heightened by the hiring of new head coach Matt Nagy.
The wide receiver was a fan of Nagy's work as an offensive play-caller in Kansas City. Robinson would have also considered the Chiefs in free agency had Nagy stayed put in the AFC West.
"For me, going into the whole free agency process, Chicago was definitely a team I had my eye on, from the standpoint that they had just hired Coach [Matt] Nagy," Robinson said. "Coach Nagy was a big part of it ... I'm a big fan of his system and his offense."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After four years of ups and downs in Jacksonville, wide receiver Allen Robinson signed with the Chicago Bears in free agency earlier this month.
The former second-round pick agreed to a three-year, $42 million deal during the league's legal tampering period prior to free agency.
Prior to receiving the deal from Chicago, Robinson had other options, which gave him leverage when it came time to make the decision on the big move.
He garnered early interest from the New York Jets and the Cleveland Browns, two teams with enormous amounts of cap space. The Green Bay Packers also entered a bidding war for Robinson's services.
In the end, it came down to the Packers and the Bears. Robinson chose the Windy City.
"With all things being equal, Chicago was a place I had my eyes on from a football standpoint," Robinson said during a phone conversation with First Coast News.
"It's a spot with a lot of benefits as far as it being close to home. The close-to-home thing was a very minimal factor but it was still a factor."
Along with the geographical benefits of playing near his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, Robinson's interest in Chicago was heightened by the hiring of new head coach Matt Nagy.
The wide receiver was a fan of Nagy's work as an offensive play-caller in Kansas City. Robinson would have also considered the Chiefs in free agency had Nagy stayed put in the AFC West.
"For me, going into the whole free agency process, Chicago was definitely a team I had my eye on, from the standpoint that they had just hired Coach [Matt] Nagy," Robinson said. "Coach Nagy was a big part of it ... I'm a big fan of his system and his offense."
the rest of the article is in the link above
