Jon Beason: The response

[chef17]

Not knowing how to spell the names of players you cheer for isn't grammar.

Fixed

[PiratePanther189]

Literally made me tear up...an athlete that cares more for the city and the fans than himself is tough to come by. Thank god we have a few of those, and thank god Beason is one of them. Like others have said...get this man a damn Super Bowl ring in a Panthers uniform!!

[ladypanther]

Wow, just wow. What an impressive person Beason is. Hope his blog is required reading for every member of the team.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

tldr

[scarface]

ok, I will be drug out into the street and shot for this but. Is it time to start looking for a new MLB via draft? Beason is a great player, but this is a significant injury. Carolina will only get to the SuperBowl with players that can stay healthy.

ever heard of Dan Connor?

[5158Poundin]

I love the Beast. I can't figure out why I do not have his jersey yet but that is changing today. I will have one now. I can't believe how lucky we are to have a player of his caliber and heart on our team. I miss miss you 52 this year, get well soon and see you in 2012!

[bigdog10]

Gotta love the Beast!

Many will say Cam is going to be the face of this franchise, but the backbone is #52

[DoWorkBson]

My favorite part of his comments was the sentence about building something special here. I don't think he was just saying it to say it. I think he believes it, I think Smith believes it and I think the rest of our core players believe it which is why they all resigned long term (yeah im sure the money helped). If we want to build through the draft that's fine, but I think a lot of quality free agents are going WANT to come play here.

[necroplasm]

Just hope the injury is not too career threatening.

The man truly represents Capricorns, haha... passionate and ambitious as hell!

[Upper Deck West End Zone]

He writes well.

[Chaos]

the image on my phone is me and Beason when I had the chance to meet him at Dan Morgan's restaurant two years ago. Very approachable guy, friendly and talks to you like he knows you.

I'm disappointed we won't be seeing him flying around the field wrecking havoc this season, but I expect the "Beast" to fully recover and get back to kicking ass next year.

Speedy recovery, #52!!

[Razzy]

I love Beason and hopefully being out almost a full year will allow him time to heal up. I would hate to see his career cut short, another like him may not come around often.

[PhillyB]

man i love this. what a heart. hell of a writer too.

buying a jon beason jersey this season after reading that.

[stankowalski]

Yep...there's no question Beason is a class act and a professional. I get the feeling that he is one of those rare people that could do just about anything he put his mind to.