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Excitement wanes quickly

By Melissa Isaacson
ESPNChicago.com

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Ah, preseason football, so boring and yet so misleading, with the rare capability to make Al Afalava and Craig Steltz look like All-Pros, and All-Pro Jay Cutler look like Kyle Orton. OK, that's unfair. Orton looked more like Rex Grossman in his Denver debut, with three interceptions on three consecutive possessions. And Cutler? Running a vanilla offense against a vanilla defense and without running back Matt Forte and tight end Greg Olsen, whose preseason expectations are nearly as lofty as Cu ...

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