Panthers Ron Rivera can't see Thomas Davis retiring after 2017

Panthers Ron Rivera can't see Thomas Davis retiring after 2017

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The two-year extension that outside linebacker Thomas Davis signed with the Carolina Panthers on Monday may not be his last with the team that drafted him in 2005.

Coach Ron Rivera said on Tuesday he can't see Davis, 32, retiring after the extension ends in 2017.

"I really can't," Rivera said. "Knowing him, it'll be, 'We'll see how I am every year?' ... I know we talked about he's going to…