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Grossman, Orton will battle for starting job in preseason
Grossman, Orton will battle for starting job in preseason
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith is prepared to let quarterbacks Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton compete for the team's starting spot until the fourth and last game of the preseason, though he's hoping it doesn't come to that. "Ideally you would like to have someone in place going into that last week of the preseason," Smith said Saturday, following the second practice of a ...
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BEARS’ BATTLE LASTNG DEEP INTO AUGUST?
ProFootballTalk.com — The “lesser of two evils” quarterback competition in Chicago could last long into the summer.“Ideally you would like to have someone in place going into that last week of the preseason ,” coach Lovie Smith said Saturday.  “But we’ll just let it play out.  If it’s not clear by then, we’ll let it go right up until [the end of the preseason].” The players fighting for the job are Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton.  Both have held the job in the past, and both have been yanked from it.“I think we’re both good quarterbacks,” Orton said.  “We both know the system well, so I think it’ll be something going into the preseason.” “I think I have a little bit of a chip on my ...

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