Orchard Park, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550) - Gabe Davis has rejoined the Buffalo Bills, signing a deal this week to join the team's practice squad. However, Davis is not quite ready to play yet due to a knee injury suffered last season.
After Buffalo let him go in free agency, Davis signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he only played 10 games before being released this offseason.
Many believe Davis’ injury problems started in Jacksonville, but that’s not the case.
"My whole thing was I just never truly got to get healthy. I had hurt my knee here the last regular season game against Miami [Dolphins], and my knee just never got back to 100%," said Davis while addressing reporters at Bills practice on Thursday. "I was really struggling with trying to go full speed, and not being able to be the player I knew I could be in Jacksonville. And then in Week 10, I tore my [meniscus], and it was definitely stressful. But I’m just happy to be back in Buffalo, because this is a great opportunity here and the team’s great. I have history here, so I’m just happy to be in a spot where I’m comfortable."
Davis says he couldn’t run or cut like he normally could with his knee before tearing his meniscus.
"It definitely took a toll on me, because it wasn’t too major to do anything about it. So I had to keep pushing through it and it would figure itself out. And then I wind up popping my whole knee, so I feel like this is a reset," he said.
While Davis isn’t fully healed, he’s confident it won’t be too much longer before he gets back on the field.
"I’m feeling pretty good. I feel like I’ll be out there soon," Davis said. "Just taking it day-by-day, and not really deciding when it’s going to happen. It’ll just happen when it does."
Davis felt having to jump into a season late, he felt Buffalo was the best place for him because he knows the system and he knows the city.
Last season, Davis admits he didn’t watch his old teammates play until the playoffs started.
There’s a reason players like Davis, Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde, Jordan Phillips and others want to come back to Buffalo after they leave.
"I feel like it’s a family here," he said. "I feel like I’ve got a solid group of guys here that I can consistently call my brother, and I know they’ll do anything for me. You just build so much here in such little time, so it’s not really a business around here. It’s like everybody’s connected from the top down."
Davis acknowledges he’s never had an injury like this before, and he's had to keep that in his mind.
In 2022 with the Bills, Davis had a career-high 48 receptions for 836 yards and seven touchdowns. He actually had seven touchdowns in three of his four seasons with the Bills. He had six touchdowns in the other year.
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