Perhaps one day Jamie Newman will let us know what he was thinking when he bailed on Georgia’s 2020 season, because based on this ($$), if he followed an agent’s advice, that dude must have one smooth sales pitch.
… Newman is a sturdy, mobile passer, but his 2019 film showed shaky pocket presence and undeveloped passing reads. With improvements as a senior in SEC play, some around the league thought he could turn himself into a top-100 draft pick.
Now he’s hoping for a hot week at the Senior Bowl to get the attention of NFL teams. Good luck with that, Jamie.
Meanwhile, here’s an observation that will blow you away (at least it did me):
Seeing Jones removed from the Alabama offense will be helpful for evaluators. The fact that an NFL prospect all-star game is a slight step down in talent compared to what he had in Tuscaloosa says a lot about that Crimson Tide offense.
I’m not sure when I’ll get over my double take every time I reflect upon the fact that Georgia led Alabama late in the third quarter at Tuscaloosa last season. With Stetson Bennett at quarterback…
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UPDATE: Stay classy, my brothers and sisters.
Newman will be wearing a Demon Deacons’ helmet as he looks to take the next step with an impressive week in front of NFL general managers and head coaches this week, Senior Bowl officials confirmed.
“We had to put him in Wake Forest stuff,” Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy said. “If we put him in Georgia stuff …. the vitriol among DawgNation on Twitter has been unbelievable.”
Haven’t y’all got bigger things to fret about?
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Re: your last point Senator, that’s what solid defense does in the age of offense. People act like UGA’s D got shredded wholesale. No, they got shredded for about two and a half quarters. I remain steadfast in my opinion that Daniels wasn’t ready physically against Bama. But you’re right, perhaps the best team in NCAA football history was down to UGA in third quarter with their third/fourth best option at QB.
That Kirby can’t coach thing is looking more lazy. Yo the day.
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Perhaps if Mr. Newman had played instead of Bennet, we win that game.
#FTMF
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the scuttlebutt was, that he wasn’t putting in the time to learn the offense.
nonetheless, not sure if anyone would have made a difference in Tuscaloosa.
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Against a fully healthy Bama? I can’t see it, but it’s maybe a closer loss. If he played vs Florida though? Odds of winning a shootout go way up with even a slightly above replacement level QB performance.
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Hopefully you’ll get over your double take about the same time Tennessee fans get over leading Georgia at the half last year. Or maybe around the time Arkansas fans get over leading Georgia at the half. But probably not.
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Cool you think those are equivalent, man.
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Aren’t they?
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Hmmm… I suppose I could go all YMMV on you here, but I think I’ll stick with one team went 8-2 and the other ran through a perfect 13-0 season with a natty.
So, no.
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Did Ten. or Ark. do that with their 3rd or 4th string QB?
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No, they did it with ours.
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That song was the bomb in Bull Durham. I like to sing it, but my wife just laughs.
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“Well, he fucks like he pitches. Sorta all over the place.”
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The Dawgs performance against Bama for two and a half quarters has me exulting for the the 2021 season. After re-watching the Peach Bowl I’m brought back to terra firma. A lot of work to be done between now and 4 September. I’m confident that Kirby is on the mutha.
As for Newman? I wouldn’t piss down a quitter’s throat if his guts were on fire.
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That’s a hell of a way to feel about a kid who obstensibly was told he couldn’t pass Trevor/Fields with a spectacular season, and so playing would only hurt him. I wish he’d have played too, but I can’t fault the kid for making a decision in a crazy year like this.
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They’re all equally irrelevant.
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Oh. Okay. Guess I can stop reacting then.
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Surely it’s been discussed, but are there quotes or stories that indicate maybe Daniels was just being Monken’s guy? Newman must’ve felt misled, no?
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Daniels didn’t start until the 7th game, and if we assume Newman was competent, Daniels wouldn’t have started at all.
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I thought Daniels showed up w/ everyone believing he was healthy, but then found out he wasn’t. If Monken preferred him when he walked in, thinking Daniels would start, easy to see why Newman would leave.
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The timeline for that doesn’t make a lot of sense, seeing as Daniels was known to not be cleared when Newman opted out.
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Why doesn’t the timeline fit?
Daniels shows up, wins Monken’s favor. Newman is pissed.
Daniels and coaches realize he’s hurt
Newman leaves despite Daniels being hurt bc he and his advisors feel betrayed
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I mean, maybe? Daniels’ transfer was in May, though, and it took until September for Newman to figure out this hypothetical for which you have no evidence? I don’t really get why you’re trying to rationalize the kid’s decision.
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I’d heard conjecture, so I presented it to see what jived with anything confirmed. Curious more-so than rationalizing. I don’t really get why that bothers you.
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We got Daniels after Newman disappeared for a few weeks and Kirby’s spidey sense was on full alert. I mean, at one pt we had a ridiculous number of QBs.
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I’m not familiar with this part of the story… did Newman disappear from Athens in the spring/early summer?
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I think around June, early june, he went off the grid for a bit. Didnt respond to coaches. Basically disappeared. No one was in Athens mind you.
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Twitter’s a cesspool, but I have to admit I would find it extremely weird if Newman was in Georgia stuff. He never played a down.
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Agreed. I have no problem with the kid and wish him well. I certainly wouldn’t complain on twitter about it. But it would be kind of stupid for him to show up wearing a Georgia helmet. If anything he should have some pride for where he actually played.
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Excuse me Big…#AUBURN SUCKS is a cesspool of cesspool proportions, . don’t really know who twitter wants to be…shit show maybe…
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I haven’t been on Twitter for six or seven years, so I’ll have to take your word for that.
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Newman? I wouldn’t piss down a quitter’s throat if his guts were on fire. Not a Dawg.
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LOL I had a commander with that attitude. Of course he was giving orders not following them. Who were we to question his dubious decisions.
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Always been partial to “not pissing in his ear if his brain was on fire”. Same sentiment though!
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Yeah, I have bigger things to fret about than what helmet Newman wears, however, maybe I’m just detail-oriented, like Kirby. I truly wish Newman well in the league, but don’t want to see him sport the G only when it’s convenient for him.
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How a guy who hasn’t seen live football in 12 months expects to show out at a Senior Bowl is kind of baffling.
He lost a year of reps. That’s a massive hole in his development.
He’s put undrafted free agent on the table. He might blow up and get himself into the mid round mix, but he’s going to be operating under immense pressure. One shot.
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This was a quote from the second story:
“I think the whole Covid situation, and it was a family decision, between him and his grandma and dad.”
If he opted out so that he could go home to see an elderly grandmother when he wanted/needed to who are we to judge?
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As for “we”, I don’t know. I ain’t got a mouse up my ass like some of the boys. I haven’t seen my Mama since September or been closer than ten feet in almost a year. I talk to her via phone regularly but I love her so I keep my distance. Naw. Newman is a whiny, selfish quitter and making up excuses for him is chickenshit.
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I can understand why anyone who would pronounce him to be a “whiny, selfish quitter” would be sensitive to others making things up.
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I ain’t gonna go all MonticelloDawg on your ass because I like it here. I don’t give a shit what some disputatious weasel that’s never hit a lick at a snake infers about my character. I don’t have to be magnanimous for the sake of appearing sensitive to any of the whiny, selfish quitters. I’m not sorry if that hit too close home for you, boy.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Now that’s funny I don’t care who you are. Though I find it odd you can so readily refer that treatment. Experience?
Now you’re dismissed. Move out smartly, Private.
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Lmao!
Good to know you can still accept some humor.
No experience, but it is my “go to” comeback when my target has shown significant irritation.
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Yeah I’m irritable and sore today. Work harder at home on the weekends than at my job. Don’t recover as I used to. Don’t sleep much.
That Vagisil brings to mind my late brother having his fourth child at 42. Fourteen years since his last. Lil brother and I gave him a home vasectomy kit. Consisted of an Oldtimer pocketknife, needle and thread, Bic lighter and a Pint of Wild Turkey 101.
“Thanks for the drink, boys.”
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The penalty for early withdrawal must have been prohibitive.
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MY MAN!…..
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guess he didn’t confer with them about the senior bowl…
oh well, my take on it is….his life, let him do what he wants. if he didn’t want to play with the dawgs, I certainly didn’t want him either.
you are either fully in or you are out (commitment) for it to work.
I wish the fellow luck in his next step in life.
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I’m not trying to defend the choice. It probably cost him millions. I’m simply saying we don’t know what we don’t know. I’m just hesitant to jump all over the kid when I don’t know what all the considerations were.
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I honestly think he simply got terrible advice from someone that had his ear.
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He got paid up front by an agent is about where it lands. Along with Agent in ear.
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neither am I…and I didn’t read it that way.
you are just reaching just like anyone else on here….just a “food for thought” on my part.
the kid is dead to me, but I don’t have any ill will toward him. but I do wish that Griffith would quit bringing it up.
that horse has been beat enough.
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As for the vitriol on Twitter… that platform is nonstop performative rage. Reasonable doesn’t resonate. A big reason certain personalities crave it so much.
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I deactivated my social media accounts a couple of weeks ago. (Except for this one) I hadn’t realized what a habit they had become. I don’t miss them.
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Is this social media? Lol. I still have FB, no friends on it, merely for local info. WIsh I could deactivate it too. Everything else is gone. But Sheriff of Bay County, Emergency Services Bay County, City of Panama City, Bay District Schools post all their stuff there. We are still recovering from Michael and then there is the China virus. I hate FB, but it fills the function of government messages well.
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Deleted Twitter last week. I keep Facebook but am cleaning out those I follow.
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It started out as an exercise. If someone posted something I didn’t care to see be it religious, political, cute, or just plain stupid I’d unfollow. After about three days there was no one left.
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I ditched FB earlier this year. I never really used Twitter. They are just too toxic these days. If it was merely social, that’s fine. But it became the equivalent of sitting on my front porch and yelling conspiracy theories at anyone that happened to pass by.
And yeah, this is somewhat social media (the comments are). We have to have Garbage Wednesday to keep the rest of the week fairly functional. And I’m just as guilty as everyone else.
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Got to be careful. If I applied that metric to my family, I’d be all by myself. Of course from time to time that would be a blessing.
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I haven’t seen family in months. HornDawg Hans comes on the weekends and we work and hunt. Never been happier. Of course shooting squirrels and hollering at sparrows is good therapy.
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The experiment included family 🙂
Only on social media, though. While I enjoy communicating with friends and family, I don’t need to know every damn thought that enters their heads. Which is exactly what social media appears to be.
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You got that, Got. I was learning things about friends and family that I preferred not to know. Now I really know why my momma said you don’t discuss politics or religion in polite company.
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Newman is gone. More things to worry about like Brock with a 234 QBR on G Day to Daniels 3 Ints.
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Yeah, but Beck will surprise them both.
/s
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I don’t think we have seen the last of Beck, he is soaking up knowledge and getting stronger.
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Yew fahnny Gee Eye.
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Can’t wait.
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If we can put holy righteous beat downs fast and furious on a whole bunch of these dumpster fire teams – Brock should get a lot of playing time, which is good for him, good for us, hopefully keep him happy to be the starter for 2022. And if he is killing it and beats out Daniels, so be it. Kirby needs to handle this right and come correct. Its a good situation for the learning curve and hand-off for both QBs. There is perfect class separation. Just can’t go man-balling in the 2nd Q when up by 10 points.
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I’m sure Brock hunts and fishes … that will be the deciding factor.
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🙂
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In fact he does!
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Sounds like Lecount won’t be able to play in the game. Hate it for him as I think he’s got a good shot at the league. That stupid dirt bike is going to wind up costing him a fortune.
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Not sure losing the Senior Bowl will matter much.
Lots of tape on Richard. Coaches will say good things.
Fortunately for him the game is more about covering ground, having good instincts and eye discipline than being physical these days. He checks all those boxes. He has what defenses these days need.
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i was hoping somehow the LeCounte was contemplating a return for next season. I have not studied whether he has formally declared yet or done anything to make that impossible
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Ive done stupid stuff. On bikes even. But night, dirtbike, no lights? ugh.
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Most of the Senior Bowl is about the practices and meeting with coaches and scouts. I’m guessing he’ll be able to do most everything related to preparation for the game. Given how much they actually rotate players in the game, there won’t be enough film to make much of a difference.
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This…^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Yeah, but I’m reading he’s not even there. And the usual NFL pro days are all cancelled so this year’s Senior Bowl takes on even more importance.
Yeah, there’s lots of tape on Richard but it’s also “what have you done lately” and there are lots of good players that ARE there, making plays and impressing NFL scouts. It’s not the end of Lecount’s career, but it definitely will cost him draft position and money.
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I thought that only the combine was canceled and that workouts would be held on individual college campuses at pro days? I could have sworn I saw or heard that in the last week or so.
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Maybe you’re right. I guess schools can do what they want, but the combine is cancelled.
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He doesn’t deserve to wear UGA gear. Its not vitriol. It’s a fact.
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I don’t wish Jamie Newsome any ill will, but how many snaps is he really going to get in this game? I suppose the whole lead up to the game is a try out camp and means more than the actual game.
(If he throws an interception we might snicker a little bit, but what if he throws a couple of deep bombs right on the dime?).
BTW watcha’ want to bet that the announcers mention that crap about Georgia fans being angry and the helmet story, etc?
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scouts and coaches at the camps and such. As well as getting the rust knocked off.
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Yeah, people can be morons. I do prefer that he wear WF gear, though. Oh well.
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Vitriol aside, he absolutely should wear Wake Forest gear because THAT’S THE ONLY TEAM HE EVER SUITED UP FOR.
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My thoughts on Jamie Newman are similar to my thoughts on any Georgia player who leaves school early, even when I feel like they’re making the wrong decision: dude tried to make the best decision he could for himself and his family, and I wish him well. As always, I shake my head at anyone directing vitriol in a kid’s direction online.
With that said, Jamie Newman is a Wake Forest Demon Deacon. He’s a graduate of Wake Forest University and unless NFL scouts are going to put a lot into practice footage from a handful of preseason drills at UGA, the entire body of work on which he will be evaluated by the NFL will be in a Wake Forest uniform. He never earned the right to wear a black “G” on his helmet. He’s as much a Georgia Bulldog as Garth Brooks is a New York Met – they each spent about as much time in preseason practices with those respective teams. I honestly don’t know why he’d want to wear a UGA helmet, really.
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I’d rather he didn’t, but it really doesn’t bother me one bit that Newman made that choice… on a personal level. The indecision that led to him making the call at such a late stage, to the detriment of his entire team, isn’t a trait you want to carry further into adulthood, but I doubt many people trashing the guy had to make such a huge decision at his age either.
But… he never played for Georgia, he did play for Wake so you wear that helmet. It’s that simple. He’s also going to have fans of both teams pissed at him for it, so hey, maybe he’s learning a lesson in “consequences.”
If not now, he’s damn sure learn about consequences during the draft.
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Newman was thinking he wasn’t even the 3rd best QB on campus…that’s the answer your original query.
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The world doesn’t need or want 40yr old twitter losers hounding a young man, but Newman wearing the G is about a half-step from lying on your resume. Maybe he should get George O’Leary’s opinion ?
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With no combine this year, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see Newman at UGA’s Pro day. Kirby has done similar before. It may chap some fans, but it sends the message to recruits and potential transfers that the program will always have their best interest in mind and do everything it can to help get players in the league. Kirby=ABC.
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100% agree. We’re a program that doesn’t shy away from our role as a quasi-minor league program for the NFL. The main goal is to win championships, but it’s a chicken and egg kind of thing. You need good players to win, you need to openly develop them for the NFL to get them in the first place. It’s a circular thing and this is just part of it.
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He left us high and dry but I’m not all that worried about it at this point. We’re better off heading into 2021 with the way things shook out, and even with Newman our season probably would have ended in Atlanta, or much more painfully at some point after that.
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His absence contributed to the Dawg’s loss in J’ville. THAT is unforgiveable.
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No. I will file this one under “Give a shit”, subheading “Do not really.”
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Well, if he does decide to go with the UGA uniform I suggest the black jersey if he wants to stand out.
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