CHICAGO -- The Bears placed the franchise tag on veteran wide receiver Allen Robinson, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday.
The Bears and Robinson's agent failed to reach an agreement on a long-term deal during last season, forcing Chicago to apply the tag or risk losing Robinson -- the club's top receiver the past three years -- in free agency.
Brandon Parker, Robinson's agent, told Schefter in September that Robinson was unhappy the Bears had refused to offer him top-market money for a wide receiver, but that neither Robinson nor Parker requested a trade in advance of last year's NFL trade deadline.