Sunday, September 16, 2018

Are You F-ing Serious?


Today the Buffalo Bills’ Vontae Davis announced his retirement. Not following the teams 31-20 loss to the Chargers, during halftime of the game. He pulled himself out of the game in the 2nd quarter with his team trailing 28-6 and quit. He literally walked out on his team when they needed him. He stated in his announcement that he does not feel like himself and questioned if it is still worth him sacrificing.  

I would like to point out that he decided to sign a one-year contract with the Bills during the offseason. He decided to show up for training camp. He decided to remain with the team while other players were being cut. He decided to play during week 1 and he decided to show up for today’s game. 

I know that players retire for a multitude of reasons, and every one of them are valid. My problem is that he quit during halftime. He could have easily finished the game, even if he didn’t play, he could have remained on the sideline with his team. He could have made the announcement to his teammates following the game but instead he walks out during the halftime show.

6 comments:

  1. Heard about this and was blown away. Outside of him literally having a mental breakdown and losing it, quitting on his team was inexcusable. Especially with the amount of money these guys are getting paid. I feel bad for the Bills franchise and all of their fans.

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  2. I can’t believe when I saw that. You can’t just quit on your team when they are losing. You should have known where you were going when you signed the contract

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  3. 1971 NASCAR champion Bobby Isaac retired in the middle of a race in 1973. He came out of retirement and died of a heart attack in the middle of a race in 1977.

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  4. Good riddance! My team doesn't need quitters like that.

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  5. I heard this early this morning and did a double take. Don't know of this ever happening before. I'm with everybody else...he quit on his team and could have done this another time.

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  6. Didn't John Kruk (MLB), Mike Wallace(NFL), Patrick Roy(NHL) and a few others do the same during their careers?

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