Best of the Bears: Chicago drafts safety Dillon Thieneman, then adds to offense
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What is the significance of the Bears drafting Dillon Thienemann?
Oh, yes, indeed. Welcome in. It is the Mully and Haw draft special. We'll be on until noon. We'll break down everything. We're going to bring in some good guests and talk it over. But as great as the draft went on day one, Mr. David, I wonder if day two left you a bit confused.
Good morning, Mully. Happy Saturday. Usually talking baseball about now with Bruce Levine, but... And you should be because there's great baseball. How about that?
How does Dillon Thienemann model his game after Troy Polamalu?
Cubs perfect 10 in a row. White Sox get a home run from Mune again. But we digress. And they won. And they won. Cubs win. Sox win. Bears, not so much. Not so much, Mully. Not going to lie. Last night, watching this unfold, you know how yesterday went. We were on the air. We talked about the first pick, Dylan Thienemann. You enjoyed the victory lap. He had the press conference. He made a strong impression. Did the big pro football show from the rate. Talked about, boy, this is the Bears really getting it. This is the Bears getting Ben Johnson, guys. Optimism. was high you felt very good ryan poles had done this and then i don't understand what happened last night i don't understand what happened last night we'll talk through it but i do feel like it's okay to be baffled it's okay to be disappointed it's okay to have a reaction because that's all this this is is a reaction and my first reaction was what are they doing
Yeah.
They did not get a defensive player. I had a whiskey tango foxtrot kind of reaction.
What were the reactions to the Bears' draft strategy?
What the heck's going on? It was very difficult to see that. And I have made a couple conclusions. Okay. Do you want them now or should we build to it?
I think we start out, we get it all out. We've got a lot of guests coming up. Three guests, one per hour. All right, so 925. 925, we're talking to Jake Butt.
Conclusion number one. they have a deal in place with Cam Jordan. They're going to sign the New Orleans defensive end regardless of age, and that's why they felt comfortable both creating some money and passing on taking a defensive end. That's one. That's one. Could be a reach. They're thinking a 38-year-old better than these guys.
I hope your shoulder feels okay right now. He didn't pull anything with that reach. It's a lot of heavy lifting. But I think in generally terms, if it's not specifically Cam Jordan, you think veteran edge rusher.
They're going to do something at that. You don't go out and get in the conversation for Max Crosby. You don't flirt around with the conversation of Dexter Lawrence. Now, two different positions, but defensive line help. If you're going to go into the draft and do what you do. I think that's a good conclusion, number one. Okay. Number two is combination thing.
What conclusions did the hosts draw about the Bears' draft picks?
Number... A, let's say position A of this is a year ago, everybody was up in arms because they didn't take a running back by this time. And then lo and behold, they ended up getting a running back and a decent running back. And I'm not saying that there's going to be a tackle or an end or a huge assist from for your defensive line in the same fashion, but I just want to use that as a reminder. But B, they must really not have thought much of the defensive edge slash tackle class if they didn't go after any of them. They must have rated them lowly, sir.
It's a fair interpretation of the way the Bears responded. I don't know that that is true. I think that it's more to me, and I think that's a really fair conclusion or assumption, or it could be as simple as they misread the board. They misread the board, and they tried to move up, and they couldn't. And all of a sudden, in the second round, there was a run on edge rushers and then defensive tackles. And Bull, by the way, by the time it got to the Bears at 57, the board had spoken to them, as they like to say in the draft room. And you know what the board had said to them? We're all out of pass rushers.
You know, we talked about this on whatever day it was, either early Thursday or Wednesday as we were talking about the draft. The idea that as you evaluate the draft board, you have to be aware not only of who could be there for you, but who will be gone.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of the Bears drafting Dillon Thienemann?
0:00–0:27
2
How does Dillon Thienemann model his game after Troy Polamalu?
0:27–1:36
3
What were the reactions to the Bears' draft strategy?
1:36–2:59
4
What conclusions did the hosts draw about the Bears' draft picks?
2:59–7:00
5
How did Oregon's defensive coordinator describe Dillon Thienemann?
7:00–13:50
6
What are the strengths of Dillon Thienemann as a player?
13:50–14:35
7
How did Thienemann's college experience prepare him for the NFL?
14:35–17:18
8
What does the future hold for Dillon Thienemann in the NFL?
17:18–47:26
Speakers
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