We’ll get to everything in the league pre-8 p.m. Sunday in a minute. And there’s a lot to get to. But first, there’s the exhibition game that was no exhibition game. I wasn’t in Denver, but I watched Bears-Broncos on TV. Or should I say, I felt it. I don’t remember a preseason game that felt as much like a regular-season game in the 25 years I’ve been covering the game. The hitting, the noise, the stakes, the vibrating NBC cameras. At one point Al Michaels had to shout to be heard above the din; when Josh McDaniels was being interviewed by Andrea Kremer before the game, he had to lean into her face, and she was practically shouting.

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