The Chicago Bears have witnessed some gutwrenching moments this side of the millennium. It started with losing the Super Bowl in 2006. Next was the bitter NFC championship loss to Green Bay in 2010, followed by the Randall Cobb bomb three years later. More recently, we saw the backbreaking Hail Mary in Washington. All deserve consideration for the lowest moment in modern Bears history. Yet almost everybody would agree that nothing compares to the Double Doink in 2018. Wide receiver Allen Robinson is among them.
The former wide receiver has never been known to speak much in public on the matter. However, it appears he’s become more philosophical with his career winding down. Robinson has played on good teams, including the 2017 Jaguars, who reached the AFC championship. Yet, from how the man spoke to Kevin Clark on This Is Football, there is no question that his best chance to win a championship was with that Bears team. Where does this self-assurance come from?
It stemmed from Vic Fangio’s presence and brilliance as their defensive coordinator. Had they gotten past the Eagles, Chicago knew they had a path to the Super Bowl.
Allen Robinson was reinforced by what just happened in February.
Fangio’s defense helped lead that same Eagles team to their second Super Bowl championship over the Kansas City Chiefs. The Bears had the #1 defense in football in 2018. They were stacked with talent at all three levels. Los Angeles already lost 15-6 the last time they visited Soldier Field. There was no reason to think the second time would be different.
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Meanwhile, Allen Robinson and the offense were finding a groove of their own. Mitch Trubisky had one of the best performances of his career in that game against Philadelphia. It was all right there in front of them.
Then Cody Parkey clanged it. Fangio left that offseason to become head coach of the Denver Broncos. Matt Nagy started losing faith in Trubisky. The team regressed to mediocre almost overnight and never recaptured the magic. Robinson can only sit and wonder what could’ve been.
