5 On It & Who's Your Guy? (Hour 3)
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What are the five key topics in the '5 On It' segment?
It's time for Five On It. Raheem Harrison-Roney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104.3 The Score.
I got five on it. Number one. What grade do you give the Bears for their selection of Oregon safety Dylan Thienemann with the number 25 overall pick in the NFL draft?
An A. I thought this was a good draft pick for them. I will say that if I were a GM, I would also try to pick the best player available for for my position of need sometimes you have to just fill your needs in the draft okay that's how it works because otherwise you end up with like 95 dudes in the same position room and then you don't have anybody else and then you got to go to free agency and then the whole thing just becomes a vicious cycle so the bears did the right thing we said we didn't know who was starting at safety and now we know who is starting at safety they can pretend they can do a dance whatever But they got, outside of Caleb Downs, the second best safety in the draft. He's excellent.
Dylan Theaterman, congratulations.
What grade do the hosts give the Bears for drafting Dylan Thienemann?
Bears A. It's got to be an A+. And people might be surprised because I don't go out throwing around A+. I might give you an A- at best.
Now an A plus is pretty much the best you can do.
Because it's not just about who they took with the pick. It's about them having the patience and understanding that the right move here is to either trade back or to let whatever's falling to you fall to you. And no one knew, we talked about the coin flip earlier, 50-50 chance, according to all the simulations that Ryan Poles ran before the draft, whether or not Dylan Thienemann would even be there at 25.
Dylan Cease. Baseball brain still running my head.
If Cease is there, you get him, you run through his pre-arb years, but you also add a couple of years at the end to buy out a little bit of free agency because that's how good Dylan Cease could be.
We miss you.
Well, actually, I don't know if the White Sox miss him.
No, I... Chicago baseball. Like, he was a Cub as well, you know.
Hey, man. Davis Martin wanted me to tell you. Dylan who? No, but Dylan Theanaman for real. Dylan Theanaman for real. Dylan Theanaman is a guy who you can see... being a difference maker for this team who has all kinds of potential. And we talk about draft and develop. And I'm heavy on the develop part because I want to know that defensively they can develop guys in the way that I feel like they have done offensively. When you look at guys like Darnell Wright, who is one of the few feathers in Ryan Pohl's cap so far as a drafter, along with guys like Austin Booker. I think he could be that version of that for the defense, maybe jumpstart a defensive awakening, if you will, for Dennis Allen and company.
I love that he has these chess pieces now, Mark, multiples that he can roll with. It also makes me feel better in case somebody gets hurt because it's the NFL. And guess what? Somebody usually gets hurt.
You know what, guys? In the words of Slater from Days and Confused, straight A's. I also am giving the Bears an A. An A for their first round draft pick in Dylan Thienemann. Part of it Well, a lot of it is. They didn't try to get cute. They did talk about trading down. He took some calls, and Ryan Poles even said, I guess paraphrasing, nothing made sense. Nobody was playing ball with what maybe they were working on. And so they're like, okay, we'll take the best damn player available out of that group, which happens to be a need as well, and Dylan Thienemann. And here's the other part, too. I would say maybe... The biggest offseason story so far this year has been the fact that the Bears did not bring back Kevin Byard.
And that they never even considered, it felt like, bringing back Jaquan Brisker. So you were at this real loss for the safety position. So adding... Adding Dylan Thienemann to who you already have in Kobe Bryant, I think is absolutely excellent and A-worthy.
How does the Bears' safety selection impact their defensive strategy?
I would say, my goodness, two years in a row now? Where Ryan Poles should get an A for his first round pick? My goodness. Let's wait until we get to the third round.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the five key topics in the '5 On It' segment?
0:04–1:02
2
What grade do the hosts give the Bears for drafting Dylan Thienemann?
1:02–4:00
3
How does the Bears' safety selection impact their defensive strategy?
4:00–7:31
4
What are the highlights from the 'Who's Your Guy?' segment?
7:31–8:11
5
Who are the standout players discussed in the 'Who's Your Guy?' segment?
8:11–9:40
6
What insights does Chris Hampton provide about Dylan Thienemann?
9:40–11:15
7
How does Thienemann's versatility benefit the Bears' defense?
11:15–12:46
8
What expectations do the hosts have for Thienemann's NFL career?
12:46–41:00
Speakers
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