A Tale of Two Teardowns: Rebuilding the Bears (Again)

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesNew general managers seldom take over strong teams. After all, most of the time the position in question came open because the prior occupant was not good enough to keep it. However, even the worst teams in the NFL usually have some quality players on them, and GMs need to balance how they build for the future while retaining quality pieces from the past. For this piece, I want to compare the “tear down” part of the last Chicago rebuild to the current tear down taking place. I will try to handle the major moves in chronological order, and I will also try to clarify details that have gotten fuzzy over time.

RYAN PACE

In 2015, Pace took over a Chicago Bears…