New Chicago Bears receiver Allen Robinson isn’t the bashful type. When he sets his mind to something, he aims to accomplish it. He wanted a chance to play with Mitch Trubisky and he’ll be getting. Now his new goal, as stated in a recent article, is to find a way to woo former Jacksonville Jaguars teammate Allen Hurns into joining him in Chicago.
Robinson and Hurns are good buddies, forging their friendship during their time together in Jacksonville. In 2015, they reached their pinnacle with just over 2,400 yards combined with 24 touchdowns. They looked like the next great one-two punch among NFL wide receivers. Unfortunately, injuries got in the way over the next couple seasons.
It seems Robinson is of the belief there is still time to recreate some of that magic they had with the Jaguars in Chicago. He’s already in place and Hurns recently became available after Jacksonville chose to cut him in favor of other options at receiver. Since then he’s garnered a ton of interest from teams like the Cowboys and Jets, but Robinson is convinced he can get him to the Bears.
Allen Robinson used Instagram to swarm Hurns with calls to Chicago
He already got things started on Twitter, which earned a response from Hurns who stated the Bears were one of the teams interested. Seems that wasn’t enough for him. Next Robinson turned to his sizable following on Instagram and delivered a simple message: blow up Hurns’ page with a flood of request to get him to Chicago. Ther results were quite extensive.
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Allen Robinson told fans on an Instagram live video to blow up Allen Hurns’ instagram to try to get him to come to Chicago. The resulting comments on Hurns’ latest Insta: pic.twitter.com/I1X5igpZT9
— JJ Stankevitz (@JJStankevitz) March 21, 2018
It’s an impressive maneuver on Robinson’s part, but is it enough? The odds aren’t favorable he’ll make it out of Dallas or New York without a deal at this point. Besides that, the Bears aren’t hurting in need of a third receiver. Most expect Cameron Meredith to fill that role once the situation regarding his restricted free agent status is taken care of. Some would say he’s actually superior to Hurns, but productivity would say otherwise.
Hurns’ 2015 season was far superior to Meredith’s best to date, which was in 2016. Still, the odds are Meredith will end up being cheaper. Not to mention he’s a personal find of GM Ryan Pace, who reportedly loves the young receiver and desires to keep him in Chicago. Is there a possibility they could get both? Sure, but the odds aren’t favoring that at this point.
