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Speaker 1: I's gone good, so we bo all right. He's not

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Speaker 1: So we thought you're gonna drop some big bombshell. All right,

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Speaker 1: we'll tell you where you can send the fine money. Okay, Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll tell you all right, So let me trick in

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about that and Cam Newton made his

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Speaker 1: He described himself as the starting quarterback and team captain.

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Speaker 1: So is he the starting quarterback? Well, we haven't announced

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