CHARLOTTE – It pained linebacker Thomas Davis – literally and figuratively – to be confined to the sideline for the final chapter of Carolina's dramatic victory over the New Orleans Saints last Sunday.
Davis is doing everything possible to avoid being a spectator again this Sunday when the Panthers visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for another NFC South showdown.
"We'll find out Sunday if I can play with it," Davis said Thursday. "But I can tell you guys that I feel pretty good."
Davis fully participated in practice Thursday with what he described as a strained pectoral muscle.