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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Cassie Carlson is excited to see how Dillon Thieneman fits in Bears defense

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Gabe Ramirez were joined by Cassie Carlson of Fox-32 to break down the Bears’ draft class.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Cassie Carlson covers all the sports in the city.

0:03.5

That's fantastic work.

0:04.5

Cassie Carlson breaks down the picks are Cassie Carlson along with our team from our show. First and North, Cassie Carlson has more. Let's first talk about safety, Dylan Diedeman. What you expected when you acquired those players is it's football is what they're all about. And so you give them a little time off. They don't, yeah, maybe they'll go

0:21.5

do something for a day or two, but quickly they don't know what to do with themselves again. Awesome. Ben Johnson, appreciate your time. Thank you. Dylan Thineman, welcome to Chicago. For those who don't know Dylan Thineman and the fans that are excited to see you on the field, what would you tell them about what they're getting? Someone that's extremely dedicated and has a great passion for the game. I mean, I love football, every aspect of it, whether it's working out, a lot of film, being on the field, training, being in the weight room, and then getting out of the field is just an amazing experience. All right, Danny Parkins, we appreciate your time. Thanks, Cassie, good stuff as always. The Chicago Bears select Logan Jones Center, Iowa. You overlapped with Tyler Linderbaum.

0:57.5

What did you take away from your time being there with him at Iowa? Yes, I was actually on the other side of the ball. That was a humbling experience because my first time as a freshman, he put me on my butt. Let's bring in our third guest, Scott Murchin from MLB.com.

1:11.8

He is the White Sox Beat Rider. Young players making a lot of plays for the White Sox as of late. To start with, thanks for having me. Second of all, Cassie, I thought you were going to say Scott Merckin, young beat writer. And I was going to start crying because... Spiegel at Holmes. afternoons on the score.

1:35.1

Cassie Carlson is the sports director over at WFLD, Fox 32,

1:42.7

and joins right now the Spiegel and Holmes show with Speeges and Gabe Ramirez on the score hotline,

1:47.8

brought to you by Potawatomi Casino and Hotel, the Midwest's best casino.

1:49.4

Cassie, welcome to the show.

1:51.0

Congratulations on the new gig.

1:51.9

That's pretty cool.

1:53.3

Thanks, guys.

1:56.0

Happy to be on here with you and talk some bears coming off of the draft.

1:57.4

That's the vibe.

2:18.1

Earlier this hour, Gabe Ramirez made a proclamation. Would you like to share your proclamation with Cassie, Gabe? Cassie, first of all, congratulations from my voice so you can hear from me directly. But I said I hated the Bears draft, but I love that the Bears have an identity. That's what I said. That was my proclamation. So what's their identity?

2:18.8

That they love football.

2:34.6

That they love offense. They love the offense. They love the points, Cassie. They want to score more points. People wanted Ben Johnson, and that's what Ben Johnson is all about. It's always been in his DNA to put up more points than the other team. I think he said that in his opening press conference when he was hired, that he wants to not just score often, but he wants to run up the score

2:41.2

on other teams. And every single player that you've talked to throughout the season last year

2:46.1

talking about Ben Johnson and why they gravitated for him, he became, you know, a fixture in the locker room as someone who was really

2:53.9

respected and appreciated by the players is because he wanted to hand it to other teams.

2:59.7

And it was the competitive nature that is in his DNA that came out each and every day

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