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Marcus Robinson
Drafted out of South Carolina as a size/speed project in 1997 no one could have envisioned the type of season Robinson would put up just two years later in 1999. After missing his rookie season with an injury to his thumb and spending the 1998 season winning NFL Europe MVP honors Robinson burst onto the scene for the Bears in week of the 1999 season against the Vikings. Robinson caught 8 passes for 90 yards and a touchdown and over the course of the rest of the season in 11 starts caught 66 passes for 1187 yards and 8 TD’s for a total stat line of 84-1400-9 for the season. He topped 136 yards five times and his best game was a week 14 matchup against the Lions where he caught 11 passes for 170 yards and three touchdowns. When Bears fans looked across the division and saw what Randy Moss was doing in Minnesota, adding in Minnesota had also taken a young quarterback in Daunte Culpepper, Bears fans minds obviously drifted to the thought of Robinson doing the same with Cade McNown for a decade.
As with all things “Bears” in the late 1990’s. It was not meant to be. Robinson missed five games the next year with a back injury that severely hampered his production. Five games into the “horseshoe up their ass” 2001 Bears season Robinson tore his ACL and was never the same player. Robinson came back in 2002 and played in 16 games but him, and the Bears, were not the same and Robinson found himself cut and signed by the Baltimore Ravens. After a decent enough year in 2003 with the Ravens(in one game he caught four touchdowns) where he lead the team in touchdown receptions Robinson found his way to the Minnesota Vikings in 2004. Lined up alongside the player, Moss, Bears fans once hoped he could become for them Robinson put up three very good seasons of 47-657-8, 31-515-5, and 29-381-4 which was actually good enough during those three years to cumulatively lead the Vikings in receiving when Moss left the team after the 2004 season. Robinson’s end in Minnesota was rather disappointing as he cut was late in the season after making negative remarks about the organization and their performance that year. Robinson would try and latch on with the Lions the next season in 2007 but was cut during camp.
He officially retired a Bear in mid-2008 after signing a one day contract. For brief flashes in 1999 and 2000 Robinson gave Bears’ fans hope of a modern explosive offense that was just beginning to take the NFL by storm during this era. He was never going to be Randy Moss but Robinson was a nightmare in the NFL in that period because teams had no answer for a 6’3 wideout who could run the way he could and outjump and out position the era’s smaller cornerbacks. The mere fact that Robinson could put up the numbers he did in 1999(84-1400-9) with Shane Mathews, Jim Miller, and Cade McNown throwing him the ball is a testament to the player he was, but also the player he could have become if not for injuries and poor quarterback play.
What are your Marcus Robinson memories?
College: South Carolina
Drafted: 1997, Round 4, Pick 108 Overall
NFL Career: Chicago Bears 1997-2002
Baltimore Ravens 2003
Minnesota Vikings 2004-2006
Videos
Robinson’s 2000 Highlight video -I can’t find a 1999 Bears yearbook sadly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcpLRKyGWKo
Here is the 4TD game vs the Seahawks in 2003 as a Raven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIL16HlenCc
Drafted out of South Carolina as a size/speed project in 1997 no one could have envisioned the type of season Robinson would put up just two years later in 1999. After missing his rookie season with an injury to his thumb and spending the 1998 season winning NFL Europe MVP honors Robinson burst onto the scene for the Bears in week of the 1999 season against the Vikings. Robinson caught 8 passes for 90 yards and a touchdown and over the course of the rest of the season in 11 starts caught 66 passes for 1187 yards and 8 TD’s for a total stat line of 84-1400-9 for the season. He topped 136 yards five times and his best game was a week 14 matchup against the Lions where he caught 11 passes for 170 yards and three touchdowns. When Bears fans looked across the division and saw what Randy Moss was doing in Minnesota, adding in Minnesota had also taken a young quarterback in Daunte Culpepper, Bears fans minds obviously drifted to the thought of Robinson doing the same with Cade McNown for a decade.
As with all things “Bears” in the late 1990’s. It was not meant to be. Robinson missed five games the next year with a back injury that severely hampered his production. Five games into the “horseshoe up their ass” 2001 Bears season Robinson tore his ACL and was never the same player. Robinson came back in 2002 and played in 16 games but him, and the Bears, were not the same and Robinson found himself cut and signed by the Baltimore Ravens. After a decent enough year in 2003 with the Ravens(in one game he caught four touchdowns) where he lead the team in touchdown receptions Robinson found his way to the Minnesota Vikings in 2004. Lined up alongside the player, Moss, Bears fans once hoped he could become for them Robinson put up three very good seasons of 47-657-8, 31-515-5, and 29-381-4 which was actually good enough during those three years to cumulatively lead the Vikings in receiving when Moss left the team after the 2004 season. Robinson’s end in Minnesota was rather disappointing as he cut was late in the season after making negative remarks about the organization and their performance that year. Robinson would try and latch on with the Lions the next season in 2007 but was cut during camp.
He officially retired a Bear in mid-2008 after signing a one day contract. For brief flashes in 1999 and 2000 Robinson gave Bears’ fans hope of a modern explosive offense that was just beginning to take the NFL by storm during this era. He was never going to be Randy Moss but Robinson was a nightmare in the NFL in that period because teams had no answer for a 6’3 wideout who could run the way he could and outjump and out position the era’s smaller cornerbacks. The mere fact that Robinson could put up the numbers he did in 1999(84-1400-9) with Shane Mathews, Jim Miller, and Cade McNown throwing him the ball is a testament to the player he was, but also the player he could have become if not for injuries and poor quarterback play.
What are your Marcus Robinson memories?
College: South Carolina
Drafted: 1997, Round 4, Pick 108 Overall
NFL Career: Chicago Bears 1997-2002
Baltimore Ravens 2003
Minnesota Vikings 2004-2006
Videos
Robinson’s 2000 Highlight video -I can’t find a 1999 Bears yearbook sadly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcpLRKyGWKo
Here is the 4TD game vs the Seahawks in 2003 as a Raven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIL16HlenCc
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