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Swung by practice today...

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I swung by practice today under the assumption that it would be held around the same time as it was last year... got there at about 12:30 and it hadn't even started yet. Walked down the path from the practice fields to the stadium and walking right towards me was the one-and-only Cam Newton... and he is gigantic. Keep in mind that I'm 6'6" and 297 lbs.

Didn't want to bug the guy, so as I walked by I just said "Hey Cam" and he looked right at me with a big smile and said "Hey buddy" in a very genuinely friendly way (I know, cool story bro). Before Cam, Peppers was the most physically impressive person I've ever been around, but Cam takes it... he's not human.

So anyways, I'm trying to figure out if the later practice start today will be a regular thing or if it was just for this special sponsor event they were having?

Anybody have any intel on what time normal practices will start this year?

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I swung by practice today under the assumption that it would be held around the same time as it was last year... got there at about 12:30 and it hadn't even started yet. Walked down the path from the practice fields to the stadium and walking right towards me was the one-and-only Cam Newton... and he is gigantic. Keep in mind that I'm 6'6" and 297 lbs.

Didn't want to bug the guy, so as I walked by I just said "Hey Cam" and he looked right at me with a big smile and said "Hey buddy" in a very genuine way (I know, cool story bro). Before Cam, Peppers was the most physically impressive person I've ever been around, but Cam takes it... he's not human.

So anyways, I'm trying to figure out if the later practice start today will be a regular thing or if it was just for this special sponsor event they were having?

Anybody have any intel on what time normal practices will start this year?

you are my hero

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I think that the vision of Peppers is wearing off.

Cam is a beast, but Peppers is other worldly.

Maybe, not taking anything away from Peppers - he's a freak, maybe it's because my mind is trying to tell me that Cam is a QB and he looks like a DE.

Seeing his silhouette coming at me through the tunnel was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen... I knew who it was the moment I saw him because nobody else is built like that.

(no homo)

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Sounds like you could kick his ***

First I would have to catch him and there's no chance of that... plus you have to think very carefully about getting into a fight with anybody that has his size/athleticism combination.

The only experience I have to compare is throwing Juan Howard and Brian Mitchell out of a bar I was a bouncer in up in DC back in the 90's. I was doing about 360 lbs at the time and could handle myself and Juan Howard was a handful.

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