Bills player retires at halftime!!!!!

[Pop1655]

Just do it

 

[TheX]

Not seeing any reason for hate here.

 

[EasyAce]

Just do it

I suspect that might have been easier said than done when you realise it's time to call it a career and it happens to be halftime. If he'd "just done it," nothing further, there might have been a heaping helping of "Lucy, you got some splainin' to do!" coming his way. So he did his splainin' right off the bat.

 

[EasyAce]

Not seeing any reason for hate here.

I agree. Sometimes the best thing you can do for your team, even if it's a terrible team, is face the fact that you don't have it anymore, that your spirit might be willing but your body is replying with language that might be considered obscene in Sodom and Gomorrah, and walk away while you still have a life to live yet.

I'm reminded that when Sandy Koufax called it a baseball career at 30, a month after the 1966 World Series, he, too, cited his arm's condition. His eventual best biographer figured out in due course that a prime reason why he walked so young and at the top of his game was because he wanted his life to have a second act, not that he believed there were no second acts. It took a kind of courage to do that.

 

[Crotch]

I respect his decision. And sometimes it takes a lot before you realize you just can't do it anymore.

But with that being said, out of respect for the game, league, and teammates he could have finished the game.

If they were up 24 zip would he have come back out? We'll never know I guess, but my money is on yes.

It's cool he retired. But he should have finished the game.

 

[mtgguitar]

A response from the Geezinslaws.

 

[Caretaker]

I respect his decision. And sometimes it takes a lot before you realize you just can't do it anymore.

But with that being said, out of respect for the game, league, and teammates he could have finished the game.

If they were up 24 zip would he have come back out? We'll never know I guess, but my money is on yes.

It's cool he retired. But he should have finished the game.

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It`s like he went to lunch and just never came back.
The only guy happy about it is the next man up in his position.

 

[LPMarshall Hack]

Finish the game you pussy!

 

[The General]

Big deal, the entire Lions team quits at halftime every week. Including the coaches and management staff. If we only had one player quit I'd be ecstatic.

 

[EasyAce]

If they were up 24 zip would he have come back out? We'll never know I guess, but my money is on yes.

And if he was ailing that badly, would he have hurt them more than helped by playing?

 

[Chango Malo]

I respect his decision. And sometimes it takes a lot before you realize you just can't do it anymore.

But with that being said, out of respect for the game, league, and teammates he could have finished the game.

If they were up 24 zip would he have come back out? We'll never know I guess, but my money is on yes.

It's cool he retired. But he should have finished the game.

I agree with what you said. If he didn't feel he was able to contribute to/play the rest of the game, he should have told his coach, and went back out for the second half of the game and stood on the sidelines and supporte the team and the guy that covered his position for the second half.
I've got no problem with the guy saying "stick a fork in me, I'm done", but to do it that way shows something about the guy. At least go back out on the sidelines for the rest of the game. To walk out the back door at halftime is lame.

 

[Crotch]

And if he was ailing that badly, would he have hurt them more than helped by playing?

Doesn't matter. He got dressed and walked out of the stadium. We'll never know how bad he was "ailing"

 

[strat1701]

MTG from Buffalo here,
The ship is sinking, time to bail. But Vontae Davis has a hamstring problem that started 7 years ago. He wasn't much use as a CB and he knew it.

At least the Pats lost.

Yup. I find it harder and harder to watch them each year. Gonna be a long, long season I think.

Comments under the Bflo News article:
"It's ok the offense and defense quit too"

"This is no Surprise. I was at the game and I also "RETIRED" at half time, I went home. This team was/is unwatchable. I so regret spending the money I did to go out to the game.The Bills are a complete waste of time and Money I have been going to Bills games for many many years and i have never left a game. I was also shocked walking down Abbott Rd after leaving. So many people left at halftime that it looked like Abbott Rd BEFORE the game. I am officially retired from attending and spending Money on the Bills"

"Can this season get any weirder?"

Funny you say that my friend lives on Abbott rd and says the same thing!

MTG Im a bills fan from the first Superbowl loss. Been hopeful ever since. It's a tough ship to be on being a bills fan. Jim Kelly deserved at least one of those, great player in the day. Maybe next year they can get it together I always say.

Yup. Displaced Buffalo-ian here too. The one they SHOULD have won was XXV but even the guys still say it's not Norwood's fault for that, and I don't fault him either. Kelly does deserve a winning ring for sure, (but then Marino never got a winner either and he's one of the best QB's ever IMHO, along with Kelly) but still, their achievement has never been equaled. No NFL team has ever gone 4 consecutive years. Yeah yeah yeah, and lost all 4, I know, but still, I can look back on those 90's Bills years are some great football and a great team. Sadly they just never bounced back it seems.

I respect his decision. And sometimes it takes a lot before you realize you just can't do it anymore.

But with that being said, out of respect for the game, league, and teammates he could have finished the game.

If they were up 24 zip would he have come back out? We'll never know I guess, but my money is on yes.

It's cool he retired. But he should have finished the game.

Or if he didn't want to play the rest of the game, tell the coach, but go back out there for your teammates at least and stay on the sidelines. Even if you change into civis vs. your game uniform. On one hand you can only give him so much credit for calling it quits when he did, it's a shitty thing to do for your teammates. It'd be different if he got injured during the game and then said enough.

 

[EasyAce]

Doesn't matter. He got dressed and walked out of the stadium. We'll never know how bad he was "ailing"

Nobody knew how badly Lou Gehrig was ailing when he took himself out of the Yankee lineup on that day in May 1939, either. All they knew was he'd told his manager, "I'm no good to your ball club anymore." And he never played again.

 

[Bluesky]

A Pro athlete getting paid Millions walks away. Disgraceful. Thats how he will be remembered. A quitter. I couldnt look my son in the eye ever again. I wouldn't ever walk away from my job, my responsibilities, and i get paid a year what his nannys car is worth.

The owners, fans, the teammates. What a POS.

 

[Bobby Mahogany]

Just like I wrote in the "I'm done riding motorcycles" thread this morning...

When you feel it's time to stop, it's time to stop.


If he wasn't feeling "in the game", it was dangerous for him to try to play.
He could have been injured easily.
Maybe he should have stayed in the dressing room and wait for his teammates
to let them know after the game though.
Well, at least he was straightforward about it!

 

[Crotch]

Nobody knew how badly Lou Gehrig was ailing when he took himself out of the Yankee lineup on that day in May 1939, either. All they knew was he'd told his manager, "I'm no good to your ball club anymore." And he never played again.

Cmon man. The argument isn't about if he could play or not. He put his street clothes on at halftime and walked out of the stadium. Let's not make him Lou Gehrig. A majority of his teammates didn't even know what happened. It was a total bitch move cause he was frustrated. He handled it the wrong way. Plain and simple. I certainly respect his decision to retire and acknowledged its hard when that time comes to accept it, but the actions that followed were pretty childish, especially for a vet.

 

[acstorfer]

I have no problem with what he did. If my heart wasn’t in it I’d be damned if I was going to risk an extra minute to risk an injury. These brain injuries are no joke.

I do admit I’m bias against the nfl so just on general principle I’m glad to see the players getting out when they can.

 

[EasyAce]

Cmon man. The argument isn't about if he could play or not. He put his street clothes on at halftime and walked out of the stadium. Let's not make him Lou Gehrig. A majority of his teammates didn't even know what happened. It was a total bitch move cause he was frustrated. He handled it the wrong way. Plain and simple. I certainly respect his decision to retire and acknowledged its hard when that time comes to accept it, but the actions that followed were pretty childish, especially for a vet.

Read his statement in full.

 

[Fiat Lux]

Read his statement in full.

Statement of a narcissist....

Nothing, absolutely nothing, about his duties and responsibilities to the team.

Cheers