Cam Newton keeping replacement for the ‘dab’ a big secret

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FORT MILL, S.C. – If Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has picked a replacement for the “dab,” he’s not telling anyone.

The reigning NFL MVP hasn’t told his younger brother, Caylin, who last season suggested adding the Atlanta-based “dab” to Newton’s “Superman” routine of celebrating touchdowns.

He hasn’t told his father, Cecil Newton Sr., who admittedly lacks the rhythm to be involved in the decision.

He definitely hasn’t told reporters, saying only he has “until September to find out.” The Panthers open the 2016 season on Sept. 8 against the Denver Broncos in a rematch of Super Bowl 50.

“It don’t matter what I say, he’s going do something spectacular,” Caylin said last Friday as he participated for Grady High School in Atlanta during Newton’s 7-on-7 football tournament in Charlotte.

Newton first announced in early June on WFNZ-AM radio that he was retiring the “dab,” which he debuted in an Oct. 18 win at Seattle. It became a national phenomenon after the mother of a 9-year-old attending Carolina’s win at Tennessee wrote a letter complaining about it.

Newton reiterated the death of the …

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