Dillon Thieneman Could Fill the Chicago Bears' Need at Safety
CHGO Chicago Bears Podcast
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🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It is our pleasure at the combine to bring in an actual player who, Dylan, we all think that you are going to be a Chicago bear. |
| 0:07.9 | You belong in Chicago. You grew up in Indiana. The bear's probably going to move to Indiana. |
| 0:12.4 | Actually, they're not doing that. Let's not talk about that. But congratulations on your success at Purdue and then in Oregon. |
| 0:17.8 | What's it been like for you this week just to actually feel like, oh my, like my dream is this close? It's been awesome. I mean, being back in my home city, been comfortable here, so it's been a great experience to go through. I want to give up behind the scenes, by the way. Greg has been following Dylan around for the last three hours. You've been very sought after on every media network. Great effort by you, Greg. you well obviously i do uh boilers coverage on the side and um obviously a big fan congratulations |
| 0:42.8 | on everything so i'm just curious you know obviously you transferred to oregon and you had the |
| 0:47.3 | opportunity kind of play in some different things in the slot in the box single high right and |
| 0:51.3 | so i'm just curious from your perspective, like, what were you |
| 0:54.8 | most comfortable with? And what was that like to go through some different kind of coverage |
| 0:59.6 | looks and try to find what was best for you? I have the most reps probably at field safety, |
| 1:06.1 | or free safety. But, I mean, I feel really comfortable in all the spots. At Oregon, we're able to get so many |
| 1:11.8 | reps. We do two spots. So I'm able to constantly get reps. We got a ton of walkthroughs. And I feel |
| 1:19.5 | like they just made it very comfortable. Go ahead. I was just going to say, you know, obviously |
| 1:23.4 | with Chicago, and you're meeting with everybody. So I'm sure Chicago has come knocking. And in Dennis Allen's defense, I really feel like you're meeting with everybody so I'm sure Chicago's come knocking and |
| 1:28.6 | Dennis Allen's defense I really feel like you're a really good fit for that because |
| 1:33.8 | they are looking for guys with versatility they can do those different things do you |
| 1:37.1 | see it that way I feel like I have a lot of versatility I haven't watched the defense |
| 1:41.9 | like super specifically in detail but I feel like I can |
| 1:45.9 | bring a lot to the table. What do they |
| 1:47.9 | want to know when you talked with them? The Bears? |
| 1:51.0 | It was more |
| 1:52.1 | just talking through some ball |
| 1:53.9 | and then just a few interview, like basic |
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