CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Thomas Davis has heard so many old man jokes that they're beginning to get, well, old.
He’s heard so many that he’ll sometimes call himself old before a teammate or reporter beats him to it.
Coach Ron Rivera began talking about the 33-year-old this week by saying he kids Davis “because he is O-L-D."
Rivera didn’t say "old." He spelled it out.
But Davis doesn’t play old. He defies age with the plays he makes, to the point it leaves opponents, teammates and coaches dumbfounded.