Kreutz named first Pro Bowl alternate

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Six-time Pro Bowl center is the first alternate for the NFC behind starter Andre Gurode of Dallas and backup Matt Birk of Minnesota.

Kreutz is ahead of his good friend Dominic Raiola, named an alternate from Detroit, and Green Bay’s Scott Wells.

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