Brian Baldinger

Dylan Thienemann is going to be a Chicago rat, all right?

Just chasing everything.

You put him in the middle of the field, you let him go find the football with his speed, his aggressiveness, and his tackling ability.

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They got some big holes in the back end of their defense because let's face it, if you make mistakes in the back end of your defense, I don't care who you're playing, Kyler Murray this year, you know, you're playing Jordan Love, you make mistakes in the back end of your defense, you're giving up touchdowns and you're losing games.

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Honestly, you know, like I thought Ryan Poles did a good job.

Most general managers will tell you that they draft the best players available.

I don't think that was anywhere near the case.

I think they drafted because of the needs of a lot of, you know, departures from free agency and whatnot.

And so you go through the list of all their picks.

They all look like they replaced certain players.

I don't know.

Kevin Byard, Jaquan Brisker.

I mean, Dylan Thienemann, that's a pretty easy pick.

I mean, I didn't think he would get past Dallas at 20.

I didn't think he'd get past the Eagles, even when they traded up.

Honestly, when the Eagles traded with the Cowboys, I thought they were trading to get Thienemann.

It's not that I had inside information or anything like that.