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Titans star Jeffery Simmons excited to trash talk ‘painted nails’ Caleb Williams in Week 1 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Caleb Williams and the Bears have been the darlings of the NFL offseason. The No. 1 overall pick has embraced every aspect of being Chicago’s franchise quarterback, acknowledging the hype surrounding the team while staying grounded and being true to himself.
Williams’ arrival has made the Bears the biggest talking point of the NFL offseason. From the painted fingernails to “Hard Knocks” summer arrival at Halas Hall, Williams and the Bears will be talking point 1A or 1B in the lead-up to their Week 1 season-opening tilt against the Tennessee Titans, where star defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons hopes to give the rookie QB his “Welcome to the NFL” moment complete with some trash talk.
“Painted nails. I can’t wait to say that to him,” Simmons told Rich Eisen on “The Rich Eisen Show.” “Most definitely. Oh, it’s gonna be one of them games. I mean, he probably gets smack-talked by his teammates right now, but especially a game like that. … It’s gonna be the first game of the season. They’ve got us coming to Chicago. All the hype’s gonna be around them, of course. I think when special, even prime-time games … everybody just counts Tennessee out, which we all know. A game like Chicago, I’m sure [they’re] thinking we ’bout to get beat bad. That also makes me even talk more smack and boosts me up a little more, get into a different mode, as well. I’ll be in a different mode that game.
“I get it. You’ve got a first-round pick like Caleb Williams, which is a great player. Watching a couple games when he was at USC, he’s a hell of a player. But it’s a different league, and I’m excited to play him the first game.”
Williams started painting his nails a few years ago. Williams’ mother is a manicurist who used to paint his and his father’s nails with a clear coat growing up. Williams decided to build on that a few years ago.
He knows that the painted…
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Author : NBC Sports Chicago
Publish date : 2024-06-26 16:06:52
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