CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The scars on Thomas Davis' right arm that swelled to almost the size of a football after playing in Super Bowl 50 are nearly invisible.
But the scars of losing the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos remain for the Carolina Panthers outside linebacker.
That doesn’t make Thursday’s NFL opener at Denver any more important for Davis. He refuses to call it a rematch like the rest of his teammates because it’s not the Super Bowl.
But Davis admits opening against the team that beat Carolina 24-10 in February is a little more significant because “they’re the reason we don’t have a Super Bowl ring.