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Speaker 1: We're doing fine. I guess we don't usually. I certainly

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Speaker 1: guess that's where we start, Bill, with m ball security.

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Speaker 1: You have talked over the years about ball security being

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Speaker 1: right now with this team. Cam Newton this morning said

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Speaker 1: is it a lack of confidence? Is he pressing? Is

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Speaker 1: it mechanical? Do you have an idea of what it is? Well,

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Speaker 1: better job of coaching. We got to do better job

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Speaker 1: We've been working hard at if we've got to work harder. Yeah, coach,

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Speaker 1: We have been at times, but we weren't yes for

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Speaker 1: So the start of game spill, you guys have not

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