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Hello and welcome.

It's our number four, our number four of our radio program, we parse the words of Belichick.

Bill Belichick, the longest tenured coach in the NFL, and he says that the quarterback gig in New England is wide open.

It's a clean slate.

But what are the odds that Cam Newton wins the Patriot's starting job when the regular season begins?

We open up Benny's sports book right now in hour number four.

So you're saying there's a chance.

You're saying there's a chance.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour, the Ben Mallor show.

We are together in the air everywhere as we tune the magic eye, coast to coast, border

to border and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the Zen,

the peaceful and calm Zen of Ben, the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

So I like a good quarterback controversy.

Sure, we have a good quarterback controversy,

but we have something close to that in Foxborough.

At least it qualifies as supposedly an open competition.

The Patriots are attempting to return to contender status

after a year on the hamster wheel of mediocrity.

And Cam Newton, look who's back.

Look who's back now.

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