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Good morning, good morning, and welcome in the first day. We got Cam Newton, Damien Woody, Stephen A. Smith, of course, out there in L.A. Amina Smith here with you. Guys, we got so much. Wait, wait, whoa. Yeah. He out in L.A. In L.A. You know what? You out there with palm trees and all that?

Just living his best time. I feel like every time I'm here in New York, S.A. might be avoided me. I don't know. I don't know what's going on, Stephen A. But every time I'm here, you're somewhere else. I would never do such a thing. I would never avoid you. You've been doing a wonderful job. That's number one.

I wouldn't avoid my man Cam

because I got nothing but love for him.

My man Dee Woody,

nothing but love for him. My man, D. Woody, nothing but love, but there's a couple of things. Number one, sitting in that seat, tremendous responsibility. Watch your tone. Watch your language. Watch your attitude with me. And don't be jealous that I'm sitting here in the palm trees in the L.A. Sunshine. I'm out here conducting business. You never know with me. It could be business. It could be Hollywood. It could be a lot of different things. But you know, when I'm gone, there's always a lot. No, he probably talked. He probably working on something with brick out there in LA.

You never know.

You never know with Stephen A.

Like, yeah, uh-huh, exactly.

All right, let's get right to defending Super Bowl champs got handed.

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