The Bears drafted Dillon Thieneman, safety, out of Oregon on Thursday night with the 25th overall pick. Here’s what you need to know.
What the Bears are getting:
Thienemann has been an impact player across two schools in all three seasons of his collegiate career. He’s a versatile chess piece for a defensive coordinator with the ability to line up all over the secondary and the athleticism to execute any assignment. He’s a magnet to ball-carriers coming from the third level and he knows just where to meet them on their tracks. Thieneman is a picture-perfect modern-day defender in the NFL who will be utilized in a myriad of ways to help keep a defense fluid and flexible from down-to-down.
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