Everyone knows that Monopoly is a game only fun in theory. Sure, it’s great to own Park Place and the Boardwalk and instill a luxury tax, but is it ever worth the cost of alienating your friends and family?
(Note: If you’re winning, yes. Of course it is. That’s loser talk.)
This is a fine line Keenan Allen and Caleb Williams are already walking as Chicago Bears teammates.
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During his first training camp press conference, Allen described how he and Williams bonded during the Bears’ minicamp earlier this summer. After hanging out during the pre-draft process, the veteran star receiver said he built more chemistry with his rookie quarterback by watching the NBA Finals and, gulp, playing Monopoly Deal.
Oof. It’s almost like they’re trying to eventually hate each other:
Keenan Allen and Caleb Williams stayed in the same hotel during mandatory minicamp and spent a lot of time together learning the playbook, all while watching the NBA Finals and playing Monopoly Deal.
Allen: "I'm not a guy who masters the playbook by any means sitting at home…
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I’m not even remotely joking when I say I hope little stories like this serve as a Bears springboard. Any iteration of Monopoly can be a friendship-destroyer, but maybe, just maybe, this will help Williams and Allen make sweet music together as a quarterback-receiver duo in the fall.
Call it a hunch, but we’ll see more of this terrific friendship highlighted during Hard Knocks in August.