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  <intro>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;I tore the labrum in my shoulder the first time we played Arizona, I think it was in October.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;I put my arm down to push myself up and it kind of collapsed. I popped it back into place and got back in the huddle. I think we were winning, 24-23, and two plays later I made an interception that led to a field goal and we won the game. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s funny how certain players can play through pain and some can&amp;rsquo;t. I have values for the parts of my body. In terms of my wings&amp;mdash;shoulder, elbows, hands&amp;mdash;it&amp;rsquo;s not negotiable. Unless it&amp;rsquo;s sticking through the skin or bleeding bad, I&amp;rsquo;m staying in the game. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;It was eight or nine weeks into the season, I was thinking about the playoffs, going to the Super Bowl, making the Pro Bowl. There was no way I was going to come out of the game ever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;The rest of the season I rehabbed it and treated it. It popped back out a couple more times, and I was basically playing with no strength. When I tackled someone it was almost like throwing a pillow at them. I had no grip in that arm, no way to stop someone. I played like that the rest of the season, just fighting to get the job done. It took away my range of motion. But I know my teammates would do the same for me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;And I wasn&amp;rsquo;t going to sit home through my first Pro Bowl, so I had the surgery done on February 12. It&amp;rsquo;s in a sling 4-6 weeks and I have to rehab it close to four months. After that I&amp;rsquo;ll be able to lift anything I want. I just got the stitches out yesterday, so I just started moving it again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;I absolutely will be ready for training camp and I&amp;rsquo;ll be at full strength for our first exhibition game. I really think I can be ready for OTAs at the end of May, but I don&amp;rsquo;t know how much they&amp;rsquo;ll let me play against guys who are trying to make the team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;I have to make sure there are no setbacks. We have new defensive coaches, new schemes. It will be a process learning that stuff and getting acclimated to new terminology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;I just want to let Panthers fans know that there&amp;rsquo;s no quit in us. Continue to believe in this team, in our coaches. We&amp;rsquo;re going to keep going at it and we&amp;rsquo;re never going to stop. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s a breakthrough coming real soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Carolina Panthers All-Pro middle linebacker Jon Beason writes a blog for www.playerpress.com at &lt;a href="http://www.jonbeason.com/"&gt;www.jonbeason.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</intro>
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