METAIRIE, La. – Demario Davis felt like he might be ready to “shut it down” five years ago.
The New Orleans Saints’ All-Pro linebacker, who has defied logic by playing his best football after the age of 30, said he was mentally and physically exhausted five seasons into his career with the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns.
But Davis was conflicted because, as he put it, "God wasn’t done with me.”