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Holed up at the same hotel during the Bears’ mandatory minicamp in June, rookie Caleb Williams and veteran receiver Keenan Allen decided to play games — and watch some, too. In between, the quarterback studied at the feet of perhaps the NFL’s most precise route-runner.
The two played Monopoly Deal, an Uno-style card game Williams has loved since college, and watched the NBA playoffs together. When they took breaks, Williams and Allen drew plays from the Bears’ new scheme, quizzing each other and talking through what each player preferred.
“Just being able to go through it with him,” Allen said last week.