I Don't Care Who You Are, Thomas Davis' Arm Will Make You Feel Like A Pussy

This post is not about me, or how tough I am. It's not to shine any light on me or my injuries. Our team doctors and trainers did an amazing job giving me an opportunity to get back on the field. This post is strictly to show how much love I have for my brothers and #PantherNation. Thank you all for your support and we will #KeepPounding.-TD

A photo posted by td58 (@td58) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:43pm PST

Jesus. Christ. I am going to be honest, when I first saw this picture I was just browsing the internet and really had no idea what I was looking at. There was no context behind it, and my first instinct was to assume it was a deflated football (insert New England Patriots joke here). That kind of seems a little bit ridiculous in retrospect, but I still think that's a better guess than the arm of someone that just played in the Super Bowl. Want to know why you aren't in the NFL? Well, it's mostly because you lack a wealth of athletic ability, but it's also because you likely don't the mindset to step foot on a field of play where guys are trying to kill each other with an arm that looks like it's one or two snips away from literally falling apart at the seams. I think I have a pretty high tolerance for pain, but right now I feel like the world's largest pussy. In fact, we all should. If Thomas Davis wasn't too hurt to play in the Super Bowl then none of us have ever been too hurt to do anything...ever. If a linebacker, of all positions, can play through that then I shutter to think what the injuries they can't play through look like. I know Thomas Davis said this post wasn't to show how tough he is, but I'll be damned if that's not the biggest takeaway here. Props to the Panthers training staff for having him game ready, but the fact that his arm was surgically repaired by high level doctors and still looks like it was the result of an experiment performed in a dimly lit basement by a mad scientist speaks volumes.