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i'm mich alb of the detroit free press i know him i'm mike luica, MLB.com, NY Daily News, and we are here

for the Monday sports boards. Mr. Ryan is on vacation. We give him a vacation, and he goes and does

things. We don't, we don't even care where he is. And all Mitch and I were thinking,

last night, on a quiet weekend of sports we had the usual you know

virus stories and we'll talk a little bit about um the NBA later was thank you new

England Patriots Mitch are they not really the gift Mitch are they not the gift that keeps on

giving and they give on Sunday nights which means Monday mornings allows us to talk about them.

So we really appreciate that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Cam Newton has joined, or reportedly, is joining the Patriots for a one-year deal at somewhere.

And Mike, I blinked three times when I saw this around seven million dollars seven and a

half million dollars you get Cam Newton for a year Bill Belichick Mr. Value Mr. I not only signed

great players I signed them for really low money has just gotten a guy who, who when he played against the Patriots a

couple times, gave him a really hard time. Some people think that had something to do with it,

but this elevates the Patriots, at least in conversation, Mike, to a whole new level.

And reality is going to have to do with health and a lot of other things. But in terms of

conversation, they went with, from Jared Stididham. Stidham. I still can't pronounce that last name correctly,

as their starting quarterback to play Tom Brady to a guy everybody has at least heard of and seen

in a Super Bowl in Cam Newton. How do you think this changes now? Well, Mitch, we have been

wondering about this for months. And all we could come to the clues was that maybe he couldn't

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