CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Thomas Davis knows all about pain and toughness.
So excuse the Panthers All-Pro linebacker if he snickers at the notion that 12 screws and a plate in his broken right forearm is about to keep him from the biggest game of his career.
"I'm still looking forward to playing on Super Bowl Sunday," he says with a wide, knowing grin.
Davis has overcome too much, and at 32 come too far to even think about missing this one.
He is the first known NFL player to battle back and play after tearing the same ACL three times.