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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

REACTION: Bears select DB Dillon Thieneman in 1st round of 2026 NFL Draft | The Charter

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Football, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

CHSN host and The Score's David Haugh joins Ruthie and Clay to break down the Chicago Bears' first-round selection of Dillon Thieneman at No. 25 overall, a move Haugh says he predicted. The group dives into why there’s so much excitement around the pick, how Thieneman fits into Ben Johnson’s vision, and the way his speed adds another layer to a defense that’s clearly gotten faster this offseason. They also look at how he could complement newly added safety Coby Bryant and what that pairing might bring to the secondary. Later they look into some of the biggest surprises across the draft, including quarterback Ty Simpson landing with the Los Angeles Rams. The crew also checks in on division movement, including what the Detroit Lions did, while Clay shares insight on his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, and their first-round pick Makai Lemon.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A one, a two, a one, two, a one, two, three.

0:09.0

It's the charter, charter, the charter podcast, the charter podcast with Ruthie and Clay

0:16.0

and David Har are a guest celebrity.

0:19.9

Welcome into the charter podcast brought to you by St. Xavier University. I'm Ruthie Balinski alongside Clay Harbor. And we have a very special guest on the Charter podcast on this very special draft night. Bears have just made their selection in the first round. And David Hall, the man, the myth, the legend is here to help us break it all down. Thank you for, is this your charter podcast debut?

0:39.2

This is the debut, I believe, but I'm not singing. Okay, no need to sing. Clay takes care of all of that. That's good. That was nice, though. You have such a good voice. Do you have the note that you wrote earlier today on the score? I left it at the score. I left it right there next to my where I sit right next to the computer.

0:56.8

It will be there in the score. I left it right there next to my, where I sit right next to the computer.

0:56.7

It will be there in the morning. I will keep it and frame it and bring it to the big pro football

1:00.8

show on Friday. Love it. Can't wait. Well, there it is, fellas. The bears didn't have to do

1:06.2

much tonight. All they had to do was sit and wait and wait and wait and

1:11.5

arguably the steel of the draft fell into their lap at 25 overall.

1:17.1

The bear selecting Dylan Thineman, the safety out of Oregon.

1:21.0

And there were cheers in our war room tonight.

1:23.8

We were watching the draft and we were excited.

1:25.8

I said, David, on the big pro football show today, I said that was the player that we were going to run through a wall for. That was going to be really exciting for us. We thought they were going to have to trade up to go back. David wanted to trade up. You said that. I was willing to trade up. I said that on the score we referenced this morning, Thursday morning, 645. I pulled out a piece of paper as an ode to draft day. You saw the movie.

1:46.0

You know what I'm talking about. Kevin Costner. Vante Mac, no matter what, that was the movie.

1:50.8

In reality, you do that a little bit every year. This year for me, it was Dylan Thineman,

1:55.8

no matter what. And the bears must have been, they must have felt really fortunate the fact that when

2:04.0

they were on the clock finally they didn't have to trade up to get the guy they wanted he fell

2:08.2

to them the second safety taken off the board to me the guy that fills their biggest need on

2:13.7

defense right now you could write him in to the starting lineup alongside Kobe Bryant

2:18.1

and feel very good about your defensive secondary. I feel like the board felt perfectly for the

2:23.3

Bears because not only was Dylan Thinem in there, I think there was probably a couple guys, and

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