We’ve all faked being sick to get out of something we didn’t want to do. A little cough here. Some sniffles there. Maybe an “I think I’m running a fever” thrown in for good measure. A hearty cough typically gets the job done.
But most of us who are actually sick don’t necessarily put DayQuil into hypergear and show up courtside at Madison Square Garden looking like a million bucks.
But that's kind of exactly what New York Giants tight end Theo Johnson did Friday night after being ruled out of Sunday’s season finale against the Dallas Cowboys with an "illness.