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There’s one major difference between the NFC North Division rivals who will play for the NFC championship Sunday: One was built for this season out of win-now-or-else desperation, the other for the longer haul of the next three to five years.
Both methods worked, and the now matters most in the NFL. But looking to the future, Chicago Bears General Manager Jerry Angelo needs to draft unusually well starting this year to remain a title contender, whereas Packers General Manager Ted Thompson, with his stubborn aversion to free agency but exemplary work on draft day, has built a likely Super Bowl contender for the next several years.
There’s no blaming Angelo for what he had to do last spring. Going into his 10th season running the Bears’ football operations,...
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