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Falcons preparing for Patriots -- and avoiding controversy at Super Bowl media circus

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Cornerback Josh Norman wore a wrestling mask and got into a heated debate with Hall-of-Fame-player-turned-television-analyst Deion Sanders about a regular-season incident with New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham.

Quarterback Cam Newton turned a towel into a bandana. And when asked if he was the LeBron James of the NFL, he said, "Why can’t LeBron be the Cam Newton of power forwards?"

He also defended a comment made the previous week about his success as an African-American quarterback because it "may scare a lot of people because they haven’t seen nothing they can compare me to.