Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis is 33 now, well into the fourth quarter of his career. He doesn’t need a Super Bowl ring to validate his parking. Davis is a 12-year NFL veteran who long ago proved himself as a player, and then he did it again and again and again through three ACL tears on the very same knee.
But Davis desperately wants a ring nonetheless. And No. 58 wants a ring for someone else, he said Monday, even more than he wants one for himself.
That person is Panthers owner Jerry Richardson.
“At this point, it’s really not even about me anymore,” Davis said Monday as the Panthers prepared for Thursday’s season-opening Super Bowl rematch at Denver.