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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Bears director of scouting Breck Ackley talked safety Dillon Thieneman

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes listened and reacted to Bears director of college scouting Breck Ackley's comments on new Chicago safety Dillon Thieneman.

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0:00.0

We go through a hot grease now, man.

0:03.2

Afternoons on the score.

0:04.5

Dylan! You son of a bitch. Dylan, it's Coach Johnson. Coach, what up? How you doing, man? I'm doing great right now. You ready to be a bear? Hell yeah, I'm ready. Good. Good. We loved everything you put on tape, man. You're going to finish just like a glove, okay? Mm-hmm. Sorry, buddy.

0:20.8

I'll pass you on over to our president.

0:22.4

This is Kevin Warren, okay?

0:24.4

All right, buddy.

0:23.7

I'll pass you on over to our president. This is Kevin Warren, okay?

0:24.7

All right.

0:26.3

Here's where we are.

0:31.5

We have the legislation passed in Indiana, and they've been a great partner to work with,

0:35.4

and we have a wonderful piece of land in Arlington Heights, 326 acres.

0:36.9

Oh, yeah, I can't wait to get there. Dylan's like, Kevin, I just got drafted, man. I don't want to hear about your legislation problems. I don't even know where Arlington Heights is. I don't know anything. Is that Chicago? Chicago, you play in Indiana, Kevin. I don't care. I'm Dylan Thineman. If you play in Indiana, I'll be closer to Purdue. You see my shades, Kevin? See me rocking those? That is not what Kevin Warren said when he got on the phone. You don't know. Tanny's the one who has the audio. Every year, he finds this incredible conversation. Every year, Kevin is still trying to prove his point about the legislation of the draft pick. I hope that's not the case next year. It will be.

1:15.4

Oh, man. No, we're getting close. Everything's fine. Everything's fine. Last night, I don't

1:20.1

about you, I met my first Breck. That's my first Breck ever. My sweet Breck.

1:28.7

Breck, Ackley.

1:30.4

Too many people died last year.

1:39.1

The director of college scouting for the Chicago Bears in his 14th season overall with the club, his name is Breck Ackley.

1:43.1

And Breck Ackley told you all about Dylan Thieneman.

1:48.4

At first he addressed the positional value of a safety at 25.

1:52.2

Honestly, for us, it's going through the process.

1:54.5

It's ranking the best football players, right?

1:57.5

So for us, it's, okay, does he check all the boxes?

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