Bears, Redskins are on vastly different paths: "Already, the Bears-Redskins game provides a classic study in conflicting ways to build a team."

"The Redskins and Bears are old-time rivals and the contrast between their ways of doing business would make a good thesis as well as interesting TV.

"The Redskins rehired their three-time Super Bowl-winning coach, Joe Gibbs. The Bears hired Lovie Smith to his first head coaching job. Rehiring Mike Ditka wasn't even in the uttermost recesses of their minds."