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  "textContent": "<p>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.</p><p></p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center> <div class=\"HtmlModule\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"html-embed-module-510000\" name=\"html-embed-module-510000\"></a><iframe src=\"https://wbez-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player260424111111-6020-53.html\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"740\" height=\"210\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"> </iframe> </div> </div><p></p><p></p><p><i>New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on </i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue\" target=\"_blank\" ><i><u>the podcast’s hub page</u></i></a><i>. 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