<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>INDIANAPOLIS ? Running back Corey Dillon wants to leave the game on his own terms, saying he will ask the Patriots for his release and is prepared to retire.Dillon said via cellphone from California. ??I don?t want to be broken down, not able to play with my kids. I?ve been blessed and fortunate enough to play 10 years. I can get up and walk around and be comfortable. That?s one of the big determining factors.??New York Giants running back Tiki Barber made a similar decision this season, retiring to accept a broadcasting job with NBC despite still playing at a high level.??We came into the league together and when he said ?retire,? I said to him that we were thinking the same stuff,?? Dillon said. ??We?ve had a ton of carries, a ton of pounding.??The 32-year-old Dillon believes he has nothing more to prove. In 10 seasons with the Bengals (1997-2003) and Patriots (2004-06), he totaled 11,241 rushing yards, 14th on the NFL?s all-time list. In 2004, he won the Super Bowl ring he coveted.??There comes a time in your football career when you come to a conclusion and I?m at mine,?? he said. ??I don?t need to play.??Asked if he would suit up for another team, Dillon said he was ??going to leave the window open, but it?s very slim.??Football is the furthest thing on my mind right now,?? he said. ??I may wake up and feel the itch and decide I still want to shake it, but as of now, I doubt that will happen.??Dillon said he has yet to speak with the Patriots. He is under contract for the next three seasons and his salary cap charge for 2007 is $4.4 million. Given that number, it?s likely the Patriots would grant his request.When he signed a five-year extension in 2005 (with $6 million in bonuses), Dillon said he treated it as a two-year deal because of its structure. That extension, which paid him approximately $10 x million the last two years, came after the season in which the Patriots acquired him from the Bengals for a second-round draft choice. In his first year with New England, Dillon set the franchise?s season record for rushing yards (1,635 yards) and felt revived after seven mostly losing seasons in Cincinnati. Dillon also enjoyed the idea that he could blend into the team concept with the Patriots.??That was the best season of my career,?? said Dillon, who settled with his family in Newton. ??I did everything they wanted me to do and we won it all. It wasn?t like I went to the Pats and sat on the bench. I did my work and I?d like people to think I was a deciding factor in helping win the Super Bowl.??</div>Boston Globe
Good for him. He'll have a tough time making the Hall with with Curtis Martin and Tiki Barber (and possibly Priest Holmes) in his class.I'm not saying he deserves it, but he's definitely not getting in on the first ballet.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 22 2007, 10:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Good for him. He'll have a tough time making the Hall with with Curtis Martin and Tiki Barber (and possibly Priest Holmes) in his class.I'm not saying he deserves it, but he's definitely not getting in on the first ballet.</div>And Marshall Faulk.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Feb 22 2007, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 22 2007, 10:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Good for him. He'll have a tough time making the Hall with with Curtis Martin and Tiki Barber (and possibly Priest Holmes) in his class.I'm not saying he deserves it, but he's definitely not getting in on the first ballet.</div>And Marshall Faulk. </div>I thought he was going to try and stay in the game...
He's way too old and overrun. There's no way Faulk can return, and if he does, he's an idiot.I highly doubt that Dillon is voted in the HoF at all. Going to NE made him look worse than he was in Cinci. He had a career high in rush yards in a season his first year with the Pats, and then the 2 years after, failed to reach 1,000 yards. All of his first 6 seasons he ran for over 1,100 yards. His 7th season as a Bengal he was hurt, so obviously failed to reach the millenium mark. He seemed a ton better running for a crappy team, and leading off of a crappy RB from before. Bienemy left him the spot, and as far as that Bengals team was concerned, they had no run game. I still think he should have stayed with Cinci, but he was greedy and wanted a ring.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Feb 23 2007, 02:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He's way too old and overrun. There's no way Faulk can return, and if he does, he's an idiot.I highly doubt that Dillon is voted in the HoF at all. Going to NE made him look worse than he was in Cinci. He had a career high in rush yards in a season his first year with the Pats, and then the 2 years after, failed to reach 1,000 yards. All of his first 6 seasons he ran for over 1,100 yards. His 7th season as a Bengal he was hurt, so obviously failed to reach the millenium mark. He seemed a ton better running for a crappy team, and leading off of a crappy RB from before. Bienemy left him the spot, and as far as that Bengals team was concerned, they had no run game. I still think he should have stayed with Cinci, but he was greedy and wanted a ring.</div>He did break the rookie rushing record though....
I'm sort of suprised because it seems to me like he had more in him.. I guess the presense of Maroney helped him a bit
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Corey Dillon-RB-Patriots Mar. 2 - 3:12 pm et Patriots released Corey Dillon.The veteran joins a crowded free agent market at running back. The 10-year veteran could be a fine short-yarage back for a team like the Jets or Ravens, but he may see himself as a starter. Dillon leaves New England with the franchise record for yards in a season with 1,635 in 2004.</div>
