Bills' Vontae Davis Explains Abrupt Retirement

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September 19, 2018

Lorenzo Reyes, USA Today

For the first time since he abruptly retired, leaving the Buffalo Bills at halftime in their Week 2 blowout loss on Sunday, former cornerback Vontae Davis broke his silence to explain his motives and expressed being at peace with his decision.

“Leaving was therapeutic, bro,” Davis said in an interview with The Undefeated. “I left everything the league wanted me to be, playing for my teammates while injured, the gladiator mentality, it all just popped. And when it popped, I just wanted to leave it all behind. So that’s why I don’t care what people say. That experience was personal and not meant for anyone else to understand. It was me cold turkey leaving behind an identity that I carried with me for so long.”

Davis told The Undefeated that he “didn’t feel right, I didn’t feel like myself" throughout the first two quarters and right before halftime of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers, an eventual 31-20 defeat.

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