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Josh Norman rips Odell Beckham in book

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The feud between Josh Norman and Odell Beckham Jr. continues to intensify.

The two infamously went at it when Norman - then a member of the Carolina Panthers - and the New York Giants wide receiver scuffled during a 2015 regular-season game.

Since, the rivals have traded barbs and Norman traded his Panthers jersey in for a Washington Redskins uniform, meaning they'll face each other two times a year going forward.

Ahead of those highly anticipated matchups, Norman spoke to Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer for a book titled "Panthers Rising" about the Panthers' storybook 2015 season.

In it, Norman referenced his feud with Beckham and declared things will remain physical between the two.

"I'll be honest. I don't care for the guy at all," Norman told Fowler in an excerpt published in Saturday's Observer.

"Now don't get me wrong, he's a good player or whatever, but he's not what he thinks he is. If you hit guys like that, if you completely jam them and shake them up, they can't relate to that. So they start making excuses like, 'Oh, he touched me.' They don't know how to respond because they never got hit like that. So me, every time I see him, I'm going to hit him in the mouth. I don't care. Until he stops crying and b----ing."

Norman also inferred that Beckham's celebrity is tied solely to the highlight-reel, one-handed catch he made against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football in 2014.

"He catches one stupid little ball, and everybody in New York (loves) this guy, because that's the biggest amount of media in the world," Norman said. "... So all that went to his big old head, and for some odd reason he thinks he's somebody that he's not."

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