Vontae Davis ... retires?

[MTC]

 

I do not know what to think of this, but Buffalo is in shambles. 

[CamMo]

Bro. After that, you have to retire. Slap in the face to his teammates. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/16/teammate-says-bills-vontae-davis-retired-at-halftime/

[MTC]

 

That's wild. 

[James]

Quitter.

[runthepost]

 

he he turned the game system off and threw it away

[jvan1973]

Real life rage quit

[HungarianColtsFan]

Wow...unusual way to call it a career. 

[rockywoj]

Just wow, in the middle of a game, crazy. Liked him while he was with the Colts, but looks like Ballard totally knew what he was doing when the Colts dumped him last year. 

[Dark Superman]

lmao!

[Hi-Tek]

I'd retire too if I played for the Bills.

[Luck 4 president]

That’s honestly hilarious 

[SilentHill]

lol, Vontae is too much.

 

[NewColtsFan]

Anyone making this a thing about the Bills are clueless.

 

There are bad teams every year and when was the last time you heard about a player quitting during a game?

 

Never.

 

Thus is a BAD LOOK for Vonte.   A terrible mistake.   Sorry he did this.  I suspect he’ll regret it someday...   at least I hope he does.

 

Awful.

 

[PrincetonTiger]

6 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

Anyone making this a thing about the Bills are clueless.

 

There are bad teams every year and when was the last time you heard about a player quitting during a game?

 

Never.

 

Thus is a BAD LOOK for Vonte.   A terrible mistake.   Sorry he did this.  I suspect he’ll regret it someday...   at least I hope he does.

 

Awful.

 

I was on the sideline once when a kid quit mid game 

[RollerColt]

I’m honestly speechless. Way to leave your teammates during adversity.

[Cynjin]

Geez Vonte, at least wait until after the game.

[Indyfan4life]

Yeahhhh I’d at least wait until the game was over. Fake an injury and sit at least. 

[bluebombers87]

Was he a starter this season? Was he doing badly? I feel like this is something that’s been simmering for a while and boiled over today.

[jvan1973]

15 minutes ago, Cynjin said:

Geez Vonte, at least wait until after the game.

He had some place to be. 

[Nadine]

weird

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 hour ago, NewColtsFan said:

Anyone making this a thing about the Bills are clueless.

 

There are bad teams every year and when was the last time you heard about a player quitting during a game?

 

Never.

 

Thus is a BAD LOOK for Vonte.   A terrible mistake.   Sorry he did this.  I suspect he’ll regret it someday...   at least I hope he does.

 

Awful.

 

Makes you wonder if he doesn't have personal problems going on. He is done though. He was a Good Colt, nothing great but Good for a couple years.

[PuntersArePeopleToo]

Here is his official Statement and yes every picture is him as a colt. 

2 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Makes you wonder if he doesn't have personal problems going on. He is done though. He was a Good Colt, nothing great but Good for a couple years.

One year he was great. The 2013 season I believe

[csmopar]

My guess is he gave up on the Colts last year too, which is why he got cut mid season

[John Waylon]

Probably just wanted to go out and watch bills fans powerbomb each other through tables in the parking lot. Much more entertaining than actually playing for the Bills. 

[NorthernBlue]

2 hours ago, PuntersArePeopleToo said:

Here is his official Statement and yes every picture is him as a colt. 

One year he was great. The 2013 season I believe

Ok I get his statement, and if you think it's time to quit, then quit. But like, wait till the end of the game? Like damn. What a horrible decision by 21. Was one of my favourite Colts while he was here.

 

And that season you're thinking of was 2014. Didn't give up a TD all season. What a magical season that was. 

[PuntersArePeopleToo]

Just now, NorthernBlue said:

Ok I get his statement, and if you think it's time to quit, then quit. But like, wait till the end of the game? Like damn. What a horrible decision by 21. Was one of my favourite Colts while he was here.

 

And that season you're thinking of was 2014. Didn't give up a TD all season. What a magical season that was. 

that I agree with, should have told the coaches when game ended maybe mention to McDermott that this was it for you today.

 

And ahh okay I couldnt remember if it was his first good season with us or second good season that ended up being great for that

[NorthernBlue]

1 minute ago, PuntersArePeopleToo said:

that I agree with, should have told the coaches when game ended maybe mention to McDermott that this was it for you today.

 

And ahh okay I couldnt remember if it was his first good season with us or second good season that ended up being great for that

He was also pretty solid in 2015 and parts of 2016 too. Had some games where he shut down some big time guys like Hopkins, Evans, Allen Robinson and what not, but he kept getting hurt. By the time 2017 rolled around, he was a shell of his former self. Only in the NFL can I guy go from shutdown number 1 corner to retiring mid game in the span of 3 years. Crazy.

[dw49]

2 hours ago, csmopar said:

My guess is he gave up on the Colts last year too, which is why he got cut mid season

 

In all fairness , he had a brutal run with injuries over the past 3 years. 

[Bshultz]

2 hours ago, csmopar said:

My guess is he gave up on the Colts last year too, which is why he got cut mid season

 

From what I remember, he wanted to have surgery so he would be ready for free agency and the team wanted him to rehab so he would possibly be available later in the season. He had the surgery and the colts released him.

[jameszeigler834]

5 hours ago, rockywoj said:

Just wow, in the middle of a game, crazy. Liked him while he was with the Colts, but looks like Ballard totally knew what he was doing when the Colts dumped him last year. 

What a loser.

[BloodyChamp]

He doesn't know it but he just exposed that stupid commercial. For that I'll let this fly lol!

[TomDiggs]

38 minutes ago, Bshultz said:

 

From what I remember, he wanted to have surgery so he would be ready for free agency and the team wanted him to rehab so he would possibly be available later in the season. He had the surgery and the colts released him.

Yessir.

 

This right here.

 

This is when it became clear he was trying to do what he could for one last payday to set him and his family up (nothing wrong w that) but didn't care about trying to help the team or pushing to get right.

 

So his statement today said the same.

 

He wasn't living up to his standards so he walked away.

 

Walked away w an extra $3.5M in his pocket i think.

 

I think I read somewhere he got $1.5M to sign and $2M of his salary this year was fully guaranteed.

 

Not bad to make $3.5M extra in your career for one half of football after he was inactive for game 1.

 

Crazy

[Four2itus]

Well, like Ballard said..."Are you in, or are you out?"

 

Today, Davis said he was out. 

[SteelCityColt]

Totally get reasons for calling it a day, but boggling to do it in the middle of a game. I think there is more to the story. 

 

He always struck me as “arm around” guy when it came to coaching which I think Pagano, to his credit, did very well with VD and got him to produce at a All Pro level IMO.

[Valpo2004]

Wow bad way to quit in the middle of a game.  

[Myles]

Just curious to everyone's thoughts on him.  

 

I think it was a pretty crappy thing to retire during a game.   

[Myles]

Sorry, I should have put this on the general football board where one exists already.

 

 

[UKColt13]

Can't buy class

[krunk]

15 hours ago, Hi-Tek said:

I'd retire too if I played for the Bills.

Once he saw they were going to be terrible he called it a career. LOL! Jeesh he could have at least pulled himself out, claimed to be injured and watched from the sidelines or something.

[IndySouthsider]

If he doesn’t try to come back and play, then I don’t see an issue. Why do something you don’t want to? Can’t believe he gets to keep the 5 Million though.