John from Riverside Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Just now, Misterbluesky said: You are wrong. Then honestly you would not have made that comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanfreek Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hope he doesn’t try and pull a Boldin and later “change his mind” and ask for a release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Now we just need Star to retire and we can kick this rebuild into 5 gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 The crappy thing with Vontae isn’t that he left the team short handed—we can agree that he wasn’t contributing all that much. It’s the message it sends to his teammates (like Lorax) who are still out there, in a bad spot, getting embarrassed, but still fighting. Vontae, in effect, says “I don’t need this **** show—I’m outta here.” It’s dispiriting. Salt in the wounds of his teammates. It’s not just disrespectful—it’s agressively ****ty. Good riddance. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenboy81 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Thanks vontae for the memories.You laid it on the line many times for the bills and your effort was undeniable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Bills Had Signs of Frustration with Davis Before Retirement (1:08) ESPN Bills reporter Mike Rodak details why Vontae Davis was in the lineup and the struggles the team had seen from him in the preseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Kyle Williams: "He's where he needs to be". !@#$ing LOVE Kyle. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, batmanfreek said: Hope he doesn’t try and pull a Boldin and later “change his mind” and ask for a release. I actually hope he does, because I know Pegula will say no. then he will come to the dark realization that he pissed away millions of dollars and there is no way coming back. He can sit and stew about how he wrecked a golden opportunity by being an immature cry baby. He will then cry and be forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBillsBacker Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) What a punk ass. The part that aggravates me the most is while trying to read up on this, all I see are comments on twitter and such saying things like “well he played for the Bills, I’d quit too.” So now a large portion of the media and other fans are treating it as the Bills performance made him quit, when in reality Davis has been bad since he arrived in Buffalo. But you’ve got to finish the game at least and walk away with some dignity. Instead you tucked your tail between your legs like a B word and quit on your teammates. Edited September 17, 2018 by CajunBillsBacker 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanfreek Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, CajunBillsBacker said: What a punk ass. The part that aggravates me the most is while trying to read up on this, all I see are comments on twitter and such saying things like “well he played for the Bills, I’d quit too.” So now a large portion of the media and other fans are treating it as the Bills performance made him quit, when in reality Davis has been bad since he arrived in Buffalo. Even still. I didn’t see players walk off an 0-16 Browns. Sure it sucked but you don’t do that during HALFTIME. Ask coach to sit you for the second half then tell your teammates and do your thing. You would have much more respect then. Seems like the entitledment generation now. Run home and cry and be applauded for leaving a bad team. How about looking like a whiney fool for abandoning your team/people DURING a game, going through the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytate Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 This is a story i am going to be telling my grandkids. "Grandpa how bad were the bills back in the day", " well sonny, they were so bad their starting cornerback retired at halftime of the 2nd game of the season one year" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikeParry Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 3 hours ago, John from Riverside said: I dont think you understand mental health issues....Richie doesnt know too much about anything because he is sick. Thanks doctor. You diagnose all your patients based on what you see on social media? Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) Too early to talk about putting his name on the Wall? Edited September 17, 2018 by Binghamton Beast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamboBill Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 13 hours ago, Rocbillsfan1 said: So why did beane value this guy over ej Gaines again? Nothing wrong with deciding ""Ït's time"" --- but choosing to do so mid-game is about as lame as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Actually, no, if he retires, it’s not all dead cap money AFAIK. They don’t owe him for the 7/8 of this seasons games where he’s retired. The seasons salary is guaranteed if they cut him or (usually for a vet) if he’s injured, but if he retires, it’s not owed and they can request return of pro-rated bonus edited as my statement was incorrect. 5 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Bills Had Signs of Frustration with Davis Before Retirement (1:08) ESPN Bills reporter Mike Rodak details why Vontae Davis was in the lineup and the struggles the team had seen from him in the preseason. Sometimes these guys who are struggling have had the class to retire in the preseason to give the team a chance. ...sometimes. Edited September 17, 2018 by dollars 2 donuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 He goes through the rigors of training camp and then decides to retire at halftime in the 2nd game of the season. This is one of the strangest stories I've ever seen and will go down in Bills lore as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: He goes through the rigors of training camp and then decides to retire at halftime in the 2nd game of the season. This is one of the strangest stories I've ever seen and will go down in Bills lore as such. Plus the retirement ceremony at the field house is going to be super awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 31 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: He goes through the rigors of training camp and then decides to retire at halftime in the 2nd game of the season. This is one of the strangest stories I've ever seen and will go down in Bills lore as such. Yes it will! This will be remembered and repeated many times in years ahead. It is extremely Billsy. It is off-the-charts Billsy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Binghamton Beast said: Too early to talk about putting his name on the Wall? On the Wall in the restroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, CamboBill said: Nothing wrong with deciding ""Ït's time"" --- but choosing to do so mid-game is about as lame as it gets. Agreed - it was obvious he was struggling even in the preseason and I am sure both he and the coaching staff were trying to decide how much is him coming back from injury - which takes time - and him losing the desire to play. Having a year off and rehabbing sometimes saps the desire as you enjoy the time away and the mental relief and it is hard to build that desire back up. I do not think the retirement was a huge surprise as even some guys on the board thought (stated they had heard) rumblings that he was talking about this as early as before game 1 - which was why he sat game 1, but doing it at halftime was a kick in the groin. I do understand that he had come to the conclusion that it was time and at that point it is best to just get out. Especially if you are more concerned about injury and therefore you are not giving it your all. What we do not know is what was said to who about this internally because the Bills seemed to adjust to not having him right from the start of the second half. The move to me is not a killer as he was not what he once was, but the optics seem bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 The real tragedy here is that Bills fan who had always loved and followed Vontae Davis' career. He was so excited that we finally signed his man, and was wearing that newly purchased #22 jersey, anxiously waiting for Vontae to come out of that tunnel to start the second half of the game. An appearance that was not to be made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, Fadingpain said: LOL Maybe someone will ask coach after game Needs to watch the tape first ? Edited September 17, 2018 by THE SLAMMER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMAKCruiser Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Does his contract become dead money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, SMAKCruiser said: Does his contract become dead money? It shouldn't. He retired. Could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 14 hours ago, johnnychemo said: He'll have to check the tape first. 14 hours ago, cage said: He'll have to see the tape before commenting... 13 hours ago, ColdFront_USAF said: You know he'll just say he has to look at the tape. 16 minutes ago, THE SLAMMER said: Needs to watch the tape first ? I see a trend here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRightRevenge Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 He disgraced Fred Jackson's #22 ... be gone 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wsam4031 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I hate to say it a actually thought this was a great signing when it happened. FIt the system and was a team guy. Worst part is this assbags contract is fully guaranteed. There should've been a quit clause in there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseWins Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) He should have finished the game or he never should have suited up for the game to begin with. I do understand that there comes a moment in every players career when they just know that it is over. But quitting at halftime is pretty low in my estimation. I think you owe it to your teammates to at least finish the game out. Edited September 17, 2018 by DefenseWins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, Rico said: Quit on the team before the last game of the 2003 season. !@#$ him too. Huh?? No, he did what a warrior does: launch himself across the table at the sleaziest and most awful human ever to coach the Bills. (This was according to a number of reports, and it as widely discussed here.) He was allegedly suspended for that act of angry insubordination toward Gregg-o, and that's why he didn't play in that final game. For the record, he did not leave of his own accord; the Bills sent him home themselves. Edited September 17, 2018 by dave mcbride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in STL Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, Cugalabanza said: The crappy thing with Vontae isn’t that he left the team short handed—we can agree that he wasn’t contributing all that much. It’s the message it sends to his teammates (like Lorax) who are still out there, in a bad spot, getting embarrassed, but still fighting. Vontae, in effect, says “I don’t need this **** show—I’m outta here.” It’s dispiriting. Salt in the wounds of his teammates. It’s not just disrespectful—it’s agressively ****ty. Good riddance. Yes, we had an injury to deal with and him quitting left no spare CBs. I dont think his departure will hurt anything. We will pick up a corner and move on. It might actually serve to unite the defense even more. I question the character if anyone that thinks what he did, at the time he did it, was the correct thing. Reading a lot of comments here and in national media from fans thinking this is ok because the Bills are a bad team. This was not right and it’s not a joke and the Bills should make every effort to see he does not get any more money than the legal minimum. Edited September 17, 2018 by Bob in STL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Look at the bright side: Magary's 2018 "why your team sucks" column on the Bills was lackluster, but I'm now figuring that next year's version will be pretty damn funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring it Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Judging by Vontae’s play either he wasn’t totally committed to being here or he just get his body to do it anymore. I can totally understand the latter! But, to bow out the way he did was disgraceful! He will regret at some point in the future! Sad way to end it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthNYfan Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Just now, dave mcbride said: Look at the bright side: Magary's 2018 "why your team sucks" column on the Bills was lackluster, but I'm now figuring that next year's version will be pretty damn funny. This year's wasn't that bad, just not up to his usual standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpleman Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 How many hypocrites are out there. If a player absolutely stinks on the field and is pulled from the game mid game by the coaches, only to be released the next day by the team. How is this any different. A player can get "fired" or pulled from the game at any time at the will of the team. A player also has the same right to "quit" or retire at any time as well. Rights go both ways. He decided he had enough and retired mid game. A team can decide they have had enough of a player and fire him at any time. It happens almost every week in the NFL. It goes both ways. Enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Wsam4031 said: I hate to say it a actually thought this was a great signing when it happened. FIt the system and was a team guy. Worst part is this assbags contract is fully guaranteed. There should've been a quit clause in there somewhere. I don't think the guarantee works if there is a retirement / quit involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wsam4031 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, ddaryl said: I don't think the guarantee works if there is a retirement / quit involved Im hoping it doesn't but that what I heard on the radio. They may not have to pay him but counts for dead cap maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 21 minutes ago, Wsam4031 said: Im hoping it doesn't but that what I heard on the radio. They may not have to pay him but counts for dead cap maybe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wsam4031 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Just now, YoloinOhio said: Awesome thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden*Wheels Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Jeez and I thought Boldin's retirement was bad. HALFTIME???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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