Davis bares his soul in these kinds of conversations because he said he took the losses very hard as his Lions teams went from 9-7 to 6-10 to 3-12-1 to 5-11.
"We didn't win a lot of games in Detroit," he reflected. "I kind of lost sight that these are just losses, these are just wins, and because of how I carried myself based on what happened on gameday, it kind of took me to a bad place. I did a little work on myself during last season, at the end of last season, and for a long time right up until free agency, I didn't think I was going to play football this year. The big question I had was why would anybody see value in me as a football player because I didn't really see that value in myself as a person."
But GM Joe Douglas, Saleh and the Jets' new staff saw Davis' both on and off the field.
"They were seeing something in me that I could bring to the table," he said. "Them just seeing that light in me, it really attracted me to this organization."
And now Davis is trying to bring his veteran savvy to the players around him on the Jets defense to help everyone realize their potential in this second half of the season, starting Sunday at home against Miami and, even including the finish vs. a pair of 6-3 teams in Tampa Bay and Buffalo, presents a stretch of opponents with a combined .400 strength of schedule.
"It's just a matter of clearly defining and deciding what you're going to do and then going to get it by any means necessary," he said. "I want to win — you never have to question that. But a win or a loss is not going to decide what I do on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday when I step back out on the field. That's not going to change the effort, the passion, the drive, the consideration, the connection I'm trying to make with my team.
"I think once we get to that place consistently, across the board, through the challenging times, not just when it's easy, things will really start to turn around for our team."
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