Imagine Tom Brady refusing to play the 2nd half of the Super Bowl because of “emotional” issues. He would be blasted unmercifully.
I’m a Seahawks fan. Reminded of Richard Sherman holding his injured arm against his stomach and was still able to cover his guy and knock down passes in some playoff game.
And Russell Wilson that had an injured ankle(?) for several weeks/months. Had a trainer with him 24/7 that would stretch it, ice it and rewrap it every hour - even at night. He didn’t miss a game. To use Simone’s words, that is dealing with things “day by day”.
One of the sports radio guys was recently talking about that during the team meetings. The coach would be speaking and all of a sudden you would hear the ripping of Velcro and the ice bucket noises as the trainer treated Wilson during the meeting.