Those were the Bears teams built by Jim Finks, and remaining amply stocked after his departure following the 1983 Draft by Bill Tobin — two of the best talent evaluators ever.
Between 1975 and 1983, Finks drafted 15 of the 22 starters on the Bears Super Bowl champions and added three more starters — Jay Hilgenberg, Dennis McKinnon and Leslie Frazier — as undrafted rookie free agents.
That ’85 team is often recognized as the greatest team in NFL history over a single season, etching in stone the premise that great NFL teams are built though the Draft.