The Walking Dead: 7 Ways Negan Psychologically Broke Rick
2. The Hostage
Eventually Negan tells his men to pack up and go and leaves the group shattered on the ground.
Before he goes, however, he decides to take Daryl with him as a hostage. He claims to like Daryl's badass character (don't we all) and tells Rick that, should he try to double-cross him, he will be getting Daryl back, piece by piece. As if Rick wasn't scared enough, now he's lost his right-hand man and one wrong move could have him killed.
Negan and his army drive away and we see how far Rick has fallen when he cowers at Maggie's suggestion to go after them. Well, he has a point: Negan can't be beat. At least not yet.