His behavior after the playoff game and the training camp walkout was the canary in the coalmine, so to speak. He knew nothing would change and that "the process" had run it's course.
This may not be the case BUT it seems almost every unhappy player that we eventually part ways starts and progresses with events like this. Could be totally wrong but it seems like the same energy happened with Henry, Willis, Moulds,Lynch, and Stevie to name a few…man we have been through the wars haven’t we?