Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser analyze the Bears’ pick of Dillon Thieneman in Round 1 — and why they would have gone in a different direction.
New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s hub page. You can also listen to “Halas Intrigue” wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music.
On his first day at Halas Hall, Thieneman credited the hard coaching he got at Oregon, where they pulled no punches on his poor tackling, and chase to match his older brothers’ success.
Even if Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman turns out to be a star, he doesn’t solve the Bears’ most acute problem in a year they expect to contend for a championship.
Pritzker called on legislators “to move somewhat expeditiously” with a little over a month to go in the legislative session.