Brandon Copeland went through the five stages of grief when he tore his pectoral muscle in the Detroit Lions’ preseason opener last August.
When he finally accepted the reality that his season was over, Copeland vowed to make 2018 his best year yet.
“My fiancée at the time, she’s my wife now, I’m two weeks out of surgery and I’m on a treadmill with a sling, ‘You’re not supposed to be doing that,’” Copeland said. “I’m biking. I’m a day out of surgery and I’m handling other off-the-field business stuff. I just know one mode, so I laugh at any doubt cause I love it.