Cornerback Vontae Davis retired at halftime on Sunday.
By Frank Schwab / Yahoo Sports
Vontae Davis didn’t even wait until the end of Sunday’s Buffalo Bills loss to retire. He quit at halftime.
When the story of the 2018 Bills is written, it probably won’t be pretty, and it will include a player retiring at halftime. With the Bills losing 28-6 at halftime against the Los Angeles Chargers, Davis decided he had seen enough, according to Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander:
Mike Rodak tweeted, “Lorenzo Alexander says that he was told at the start of the second half that Vontae Davis quit and retired.”
Matthew Fairburn tweeted, “Lorenzo Alexander said that he was told Vontae Davis pulled himself out and retired at halftime. Said he hasn’t seen anything like it going back to Pop Warner. ‘Completely disrespectful'”
Wow.
Davis missed the Bills looking a little more respectable in the second half. They rallied to only lose 31-20. They’re 0-2 after losing 47-3 to the Ravens in the opener and falling behind 28-3 in the first half of Sunday’s game. Nobody wants to see them play, but Davis was getting paid to be there.
Vontae Davis quit at halftime
Davis had a nice career and the Bills picked him up hoping he could give them one more good season. He gave them one half.
Davis was a healthy scratch in Week 1. He was active in Week 2, but apparently decided that he didn’t want to play anymore. At the very least he didn’t want to play any more on Sunday.
Joe Buscaglia tweeted, “I asked #Bills HC Sean McDermott is CB Vontae Davis left the stadium at halftime, after pulling himself out in the first half, he said, ‘I don’t want to get into all that.'”
The former Dolphins and Colts corner, a former first-round pick and two-time Pro Bowler, had a good career. But it ended in a crazy way, if what Alexander told reporters is true.
The end comes for every player. It usually comes on Monday after a tough game, or during the offseason. Not in the middle of a game.
Because the Internet never forgets, Twitter users had fun digging up this tweet from Davis:
“#VontaeCorner: Nobody said life was going to be easy but that doesn’t mean you should give up.”
Vontae Davis: ‘This isn’t how I pictured retiring’
Davis released a statement that said after many injuries through the years, it sunk in during Sunday’s game that he shouldn’t be playing anymore.
He also admitted he wasn’t willing to make the sacrifices necessary to keep playing.
