Former Chicago Bears center Olin Kreutz knew a little about what Vontae Davis was going through with the Buffalo Bills this past weekend. During halftime of Buffalo's game, Davis decided it was time to retire and did not finish the contest. While Kreutz did not go as far as to quit right in the middle of a game, he did eventually leave the New Orleans Saints in October 2011 because he no longer had a passion for the sport.

When on the McNeil & Parkins Show on 670 The Score on Monday, Kreutz spilled the beans on what actually led to him leaving the game and it was the result of being frustrated with then-Saints offensive line coach Aaron Kromer.

"I knew it wouldn't be good for the team for me to be in there anymore," Kreutz said about his stint with the Saints. "I knew when I stood up to go after [Kromer], and somebody grabbed me and I threw him up against the wall—and that was Drew Brees—I knew it was time for me to go."

Kreutz appeared to gloss over the fact that it was Brees who he pushed out of the way, but that did not matter to him.

"Listen, Hall of Famer or not, you don't grab people," Kreutz said when pressed by Parkins as to why he pushed Brees.

Kreutz earned the reputation of being someone not worth messing with during his run in the NFL. Taken in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Washington by the Bears, Kreutz went to six-straight Pro Bowls with the team between 2001 and 2006. In 2005 he was named a second-team All-Pro and followed that up a year later by being named a first-team All-Pro in 2006. During the 2005 season, Kreutz broke the jaw of fellow teammate Fred Miller at a shooting range in the Chicago area following an incident between the two. He moved on from the Bears after the 2010 season, eventually signing with the Saints on a one-year deal in early August 2011.

Kreutz is someone who wants respect from those around him and did not feel like he had that respect from Kromer while in New Orleans.

"It was months of saying things to someone who is 34-35 years old and putting all that time [in]," Kreutz said about the situation between him and Kromer. "It was months of things you shouldn't say to another grown man without expecting an [expletive]-whooping... I don't have regrets. You don't play that long in the NFL and have regrets."

Interestingly enough, Kromer later joined the coaching staff with the Bears in 2013 under head coach Marc Trestman. During the 2014 season he told NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport that the Bears had "buyer's remorse" in regards to Jay Cutler and the long-term contract he was given. Kromer later gave a tearful speech in front of the team in regards to his comments.

The circumstances that led to Kreutz pushing Brees up against the wall had everything to do with Kromer and not much to do with the future Hall of Famer. Even so, Kreutz's admission to what happened proved he really does not care about the status of a person as long as that person gives him respect.