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ORCHARD PARK, NY – Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said Monday they have not spoken to cornerback Vontae Davis since his retirement in Sunday's defeat. to the Los Angeles Chargers.
"I have a lot of respect for Vontae," McDermott said. "He's a good person, I certainly appreciate the way he worked when he was here, but we're progressing as a football team." "You develop personal relationships with these people. Young men, you always want the best for them. " "This is not a case where we wish him anything but the best.We wish him the best.He had a heckuva career."
Vontae Davis, the Bills cornerback, abruptly retired at the half-time of Sunday's 31-20 defeat against the Chargers, claiming in a statement that he had realized: "I should no longer be over there". A teammate called the timing "completely disrespectful".
Running back LeSean McCoy has what coach Sean McDermott called "ripped" rib cartilage, leaving him unsure of Sunday's Minnesota game against the Vikings.
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"There is no need to fix it [with the team]. We continue that's what a team does. It will not become a distraction for us. "
Davis, 30, started and played the first half of the game before retiring at half-time with a 28-6 lead. He was not seen on the field in the second half and was not spotted in the locker room after the match, a 31-20 win by the Chargers. A few hours later, he issued a statement stating that reality had struck him as to his physical ability to continue playing.
"It is more important for me and my family to leave healthy than to deliberately embrace the warrior mentality and run away too late," he wrote.
Davis tweeted, "ALONE GOD CAN JUDGE ME," Monday afternoon before removing the tweet.
"His actions have spoken," McDermott said. "He has taken his retirement."
McDermott said Davis remains on the Bills list, but he and managing director Brandon Beane discuss their personal situation in the cornerback. The Bills received a list exemption for Davis on Monday, the team confirmed.
Although Davis said he did not disrespect his teammates and coaches, linebacker Lorenzo Alexander called the midgame's decision "utterly disrespectful" to the team.
"We wish him all but the best," said Frazier on Monday. "I hope things will happen for Vontae, whatever he chooses to do.I hope he'll learn from this experience.I am not sure what's going on." It's going on right now, I have not talked to him since yesterday But finally, I hope to have the chance to talk to him and wish him only the best. "
Frazier, who said Monday he was caught off guard by the decision, added that he had talked to Davis on the bench before a series, but did not say when that would have happened in the match.
"I did not understand why he was not ready to come back," Frazier said. "I thought he had an injury, I was waiting for coaches or someone to give me a hint or clue as to what was going on." I had to come back to the game. Sure, I learned more about what was happening. "
Davis signed a one-year agreement with the bills in February after being released by the Indianapolis Colts after a fight over whether he was injured. Davis started each of the first three pre-season Bills games, but lost to Phillip Gaines.
After rookie cornerback rookie Taron Johnson was injured in the first week, Gaines moved to the play area on Sunday against the Chargers, and Davis took his place in the starting lineup.
Gaines suffered a nudge Sunday but has a chance to play next Sunday at the Minnesota Vikings, McDermott said Monday.
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