Best Bears WRs since 1977?

[Sculpt]

Who were the best Bears WR since 1977? Why?

Rank the best 5...

Was it...?

B Marshall
Curtis Conway
Muhsin Muhammad
Marty Booker
Gault
Mckinnon
Rashaad Davis

 

[Midway Fields]

Brandon Marshall is the best WR to don the navy and orange. And it’s not close.

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

Brandon Marshall is the best WR to don the navy and orange. And it’s not close.

This is certainly true talent wise, but the guy only played 3 seasons for the Bears, and contributed to the bottoming out of this team. Putting him in a list of favourite Bears seems an odd choice to me. Putting him at the top of this list seems obvious.

 

[D.J. Moore]

Soon AR will earn his spot on this list.

 

[freddylamar]

I’ll take the 1999 version of Marcus Robinson before the back injury! I have never seen a season like his.

1999	24	CHI	WR	88	16	11	149	84	1400	16.7	9

 

[vabearsfan15]

I've only been watching since the early 2000's, but I have to say it is easily Brandon Marshall as well. Cutler would eyeball-f*** him all day and he would be the only WR worth a crap on the field and he would still haul in 150+ yards

 

[MDB111™]

MRob all day.
He wasnt a diva bitch either.

 

[Black Rainbow]

Marcus Robinson is intriguing, but he was just a one hit wonder.

Muhsin Muhammad really was right, "Chicago is were WRs go to die."

 

[Penny Traitor]

Soon AR will earn his spot on this list.

May I confess there is a small part of me that wants to see Pace cut AR next spring just to see how many times the Bears can get you to change your screen name.

As to the OP...B Marsh still leads the pack based on talent alone. If I am just playing favorites...Marty Booker.

1977 also seems like a weird place to start the journey.

 

[Les Grossman]

I’ll take the 1999 version of Marcus Robinson before the back injury! I have never seen a season like his.

1999	24	CHI	WR	88	16	11	149	84	1400	16.7	9

Ummm 2013 Alshon Jeffery? 89 catches for 1421 yards. 16 yard avg and 7 TDs. Extremely similar.

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

May I confess there is a small part of me that wants to see Pace cut AR next spring just to see how many times the Bears can get you to change your screen name.

As to the OP...B Marsh still leads the pack based on talent alone. If I am just playing favorites...Marty Booker.

1977 also seems like a weird place to start the journey.

1977 was actually an interesting year all round culturally, probably the best of the decade.

 

[Penny Traitor]

1977 was actually an interesting year all round culturally, probably the best of the decade.

I was alive in the 70s, but the only real impact it had on me was all of the Hanna Barbara cartoons.

The first cassette tape I ever bought with my own money and of my own free will was '77 by the Talking Heads, but that was more like 1982.

 

[jive]

1. Brandon Marshall. Great catching radius with ability to create YAC. Good stats as well.
2 Marty Booker. The guy produced with crappy QBs, total baller.
3 Curtis Conway. Best in terms of athleticism. Blazing fast, decent size and strength.Crappy QBs for him as well.
4 Alshon Jeffrey. Great hands and ability to make circus catches.
5 Willie Gault. Amazing speed that stretched defenses.

 

[number51]

I went with Marshall because he was the best. I also went with Dennis McKinnon because he was the best receiver on the only Bears championship team I remember.

 

[jbunch14]

If BM wasn't such a fucking headcase he would have been a first-ballot HOFer.

 

[run and shoot]

Not on list: James Scott (1974-1980) (1982–1983 )
Scott ( a deep threat) was one of the few bright spots on a 1977 playoff team that featured Payton.

 

[Rory Sparrow]

1977 was actually an interesting year all round culturally, probably the best of the decade.

Gerald Ford left office. Coincidence?

 

[Rory Sparrow]

Marshall was the best. When he was with the Broncos, Kyle Orton started a season 6-0 by simply throwing short passes to Marshall and letting him run over people to get the first down. He was unstoppable.

Marcus Robinson was also incredible. He had a 1400 yard season with Cade McNown and Shane Matthews lobbing him the ball. I remember he didn't do much aside from that season, but a few years later he resurfaced with the Ravens. The week prior the Ravens had lost to the Dolphins 9-6 in perhaps the worst "offensive mind" coaching matchup in NFL history (Wannstedt vs. Billick!!). The next week with one of the worst starting QBs in NFL history, Anthony Wright, the Ravens put up 44 points on the Seahawks by simply heaving the ball to Robinson (7-131-4).

My personal favorite was Jeff Graham. Not all that big or fast, but great hands and could always get open. The Bears messed up by not keeping him around longer.

 

[FirstTimer]

Post 1977 seems an odd place to start this journey

I would assume it's because in 1978 the passing game rules opened up.

 

[FirstTimer]

Marshall was the best. When he was with the Broncos, Kyle Orton started a season 6-0 by simply throwing short passes to Marshall and letting him run over people to get the first down. He was unstoppable.

Marcus Robinson was also incredible. He had a 1400 yard season with Cade McNown and Shane Matthews lobbing him the ball. I remember he didn't do much aside from that season, but a few years later he resurfaced with the Ravens. The week prior the Ravens had lost to the Dolphins 9-6 in perhaps the worst "offensive mind" coaching matchup in NFL history (Wannstedt vs. Billick!!). The next week with one of the worst starting QBs in NFL history, Anthony Wright, the Ravens put up 44 points on the Seahawks by simply heaving the ball to Robinson (7-131-4).

My personal favorite was Jeff Graham. Not all that big or fast, but great hands and could always get open. The Bears messed up by not keeping him around longer.

Wright was also Robinson's QB in college.