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Cam Newton couldn’t stop smiling after Eric Berry hit him so hard he flew

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Cam Newton and Eric Berry have history — and not in a bad way. The two both grew up in the same part of Atlanta and have had mutual respect from pee wee football until now. Berry made Newton fly on Sunday when the quarterback tried to run in the third quarter.

It’s a good, clean hit that completely obliterated one of the NFL’s seemingly most indestructible players. Would Newton act with bravado? Play it off like it was no big deal? Nope — he was all smiles. Cam loved every second of it.

Game respect game.

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