Vikings S Exum thought his life was 'on the line' while playing hurt

I was feeling a pain in my chest with every breath and motion. It was scary becaue I didn’t know what it was. Thoughts went through my head, ‘I could die out there,’ just for the simple fact that I didn’t know what the problem was. But I knew we didn’t have anyone else dressed that was a safety.

I knew that the way I compete sticks to a code of never giving up. I knew that it means a lot to the guys next to me. Therefore, I couldn’t come out.

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I know I didn’t play my best game, and that hurts me because I left it all on the field from an effort standpoint, and we came up short. But I’m a warrior and made a choice to keep playing when I thought my life could have possibly been on the line. That I can live with.