NFL 2018 Week 2 Review - 7 Points & Plays Everyone Is Talking About
2. Even The Players Are Embarrassed In Buffalo
To say the Buffalo Bills have been poor this season would be an understatement. Having a rookie quarterback dropped in at the deep end, there was always going to be teething issues, but no one quite expected the news that came out of the Bills' locker room at half time on Sunday - Vontae Davis retired.
Surprised and bewildered, no one took the news seriously until the Bills' head coach confirmed in his post-game interview that Davis had resigned and walked out on the team at the half time team talk. In a bizarre moment of madness, the 30 year old cornerback had a realisation that he no longer belonged in the league, and walked out, claiming that he was unable to compete at the highest level.
The NFL is a team sport, highly emotional and charged, and players often make rash decisions, but never has a player retired mid-game. The news should be a wake-up call in Buffalo. After being outscored 78-23 in just two games, they are spiraling towards a 0-16 season unless something dramatic happens. Losing your starting cornerback to an early impromptu retirement makes the turn around hard, but what adds insult to injury is that the Bills have also lost LeSean McCoy, their biggest playmaker, to injury with cracked rib cartilage. The Buffalo Bills' current form appears to be as cracked and damaged as LeSean’s midsection.