Oral hygiene pro Cam Newton flosses mid-football game

Football's important, but so is flossing.
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Jessye McGarry
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It's the third quarter of a football game. You take a seat on the bench. There's one thing on your mind: I need to floss.

During yesterday's NFL opener in Denver, Colorado, Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton was spotted flossing on the sidelines.

The Carolina Panthers encouraged Twitter to do their thing.


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Some users felt embarassed about their lack of oral hygiene.

People wondered what might have caused the flossing.

When you look at Cam's teeth, things start to make sense.

The word "floss" was interpreted several different ways.

Cam Newton, professional football player and flosser.

Usually, you have to wait until the Superbowl for something this delightfully odd, so we're thrilled we got to see this so early.

Here are some other tasks we'd love to see pro-athletes perform on the sidelines this season: -Sorting through old receipts -Treating an ingrown hair -Sudoku -Updating their phone's software -Writing thank you notes -Making a list of the best long-reads of the calendar year

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Jessye McGarry is an acquaintance, middle child and former Humor Intern at Mashable.

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