{"id":788045,"date":"2026-03-03T02:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788045\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:21:13","slug":"dillon-thienemans-2026-nfl-draft-stock-explodes-unlikely-for-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788045\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Thieneman’s 2026 NFL Draft stock explodes, unlikely for Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 2, 2026, 5:34 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

This story encapsulates just how much the NFL Combine changes the calculus of the draft process.<\/p>\n

NFL Analyst Bucky Brooks had the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> taking University of Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman with the 32nd pick in the 2026 NFL Draft before the Scouting Combine, but his stock exploded this weekend- making that scenario unlikely.<\/p>\n

Brooks mocked Thieneman to the Seahawks last Tuesday<\/a>. Two days later, he was one of the three safeties the Seahawks met with at the Combine.<\/p>\n

Hype gained steam in the Seahawks community, and he became an obvious top target among media members- which many thought was perfectly realistic at that point, including insiders like Brooks. But once he tested on Friday, his stock went through the roof. Already a tape darling for his instincts, he tested better than 96.7% of all safeties since 1987:<\/p>\n

Now, Thieneman being available at the 32nd pick looks like a pipe dream. The popular NFL Stock Exchange podcast took him 10th overall to the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> today in their post-combine mock draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Seahawks being out of the race for Dillon Thieneman is only part of the story here, though. Now that testing numbers are out, the draft process is much more interesting. The media can make more substantial predictions on who teams will take and where prospects will go. Just like Thieneman\u2019s stock, it\u2019s only up from here for analysis of this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 2, 2026, 5:34 p.m. PT This story encapsulates just how much the NFL Combine changes the calculus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,96186,96187,95882,95913,96027,95896,95888,95895,96684,95906,95977,95883,96157,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-788045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflseahawks","13":"tag-sstsnseahawks","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","16":"tag-tagcollege-sports","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagnfl-hub","20":"tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-taguniversity-of-oregon","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116162860493039657","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}