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If the Chicago Bears take Caleb Williams AND Brenden Rice on this week’s NFL draft, they will not remorse it … ‘trigger Rice tells TMZ Sports activities he believes the duo may be the following “Gronk and Tom Brady.”
The 2, in fact, received fairly near that stage of greatness whereas they had been teammates at USC — notably in 2023, when Rice, the son of Jerry Rice, logged 791 receiving yards and 12 receiving touchdowns.
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The 22-year-old wideout instructed us he’d count on an entire lot extra of the identical if the fellows had been in a position to reunite on the Bears, who’re anticipated to take Williams with the No. 1 general choose Thursday night time.
“Man,” mentioned Brenden, who’s projected to be a Day Two or Day Three choose, “I’m telling you, we could take it. We could be that next duo — just like Gronk and Tom Brady.”
Brenden says he thinks with out the distractions of faculty and every thing else that got here with enjoying at a high-profile college like USC, their video games may actually step up a notch.
As for his ideas on how Williams will do on the subsequent stage with or with out him, Brenden made it clear — he completely loves the signal-caller.
Brenden instructed us he would not perceive why the 22-year-old QB has obtained a lot hate over the previous few months … saying straight up, “I’ve been around the dude — he’s a great frickin’ person.”
“And, a hell of a teammate.”
Chicago’s now on the clock — however it should not be too lengthy earlier than the group formally nabs Williams … after which perhaps Brenden later within the weekend too!
