Le Batard wasn’t interested in discussing how the Redskins improved to 2-2, and instead prodded Norman to take another jab at his former team.

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“He had 300-bleeping yards against that guy who’s not you!” he said.

“Look man, I don’t got anything for you, man” Norman said. “I really don’t. I don’t know what to say about it. Like I said the other day when they asked me, I’m just going to sip my tea. I mean, you get what you pay for. I don’t know.”

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Norman’s “You get what you pay for” dig made headlines, but he also said that he’s hoping his friends in Carolina turn things around after their 1-3 start.

“That’s my squad,” Norman said. “Those are my guys. I don’t look down upon them or shun them whatsoever, man. I really do hope nothing but the best for them. Those were my guys when I was there. … They had a rough outing, a rough day. Those things happen. There’s nothing we can do about it. It’s kind of one of the things that happened in the offseason. You can’t go back in time and change the things that’s already been [done]. I think by the same token I’m doing a fantastic and fabulous job with the new team I am with, but like I said, big ups to ’em. They’re always going to be a team aligned in my heart. It was the first place I went to, and now I’m off to the Washington Redskins, it’s my new home and my new team.”

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Norman was eventually asked about the Redskins’ win over the Browns, including the controversial phantom fumble that Cleveland running back Duke Johnson appeared to recover.

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“I had it down at the bottom [of the pile],” Norman said. “[Johnson] just grabbed it out and the referee was already blowing the whistle. I had it, we had it down there at the bottom of the pile, and they already blew the whistle and said we had the ball, and I guess Old Buddy just run out of there with it. I was like, ‘What are you doing?!’ And [referee Sarah Thomas] blew it down and she was like, ‘Okay, this way, red ball.’ And I was like, ‘Yes!’ ”

As for the bow-and-arrow celebration that drew a 15-yard penalty after his fourth quarter interception, Norman expressed frustration that he can’t “have fun anymore with the crowd and get them involved.”

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“It wasn’t like it was real, it was a fake one,” Norman said. “Archery is a form of the U.S., like, Olympic Games sport, right? Is it not? Don’t they do it? So it’s just like, why can’t we express that? It seems like it’s frowned upon or something. They think of it like it’s a throat slash. It’s not a throat slash. Like, come on man, we’re not out here trying to be malicious in that type of way.”

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Before Le Batard let Norman go, he gave him one more chance to trash the Panthers for getting burned by Jones. Instead, Norman praised the Falcons wide receiver.