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I heard about this on ESPN earlier. I think it is good timing for him to retire. He got a ring, he is still pretty much healthy. Also, he wasn't going to get much time next season anyways with Maroney there.
Report: Patriots' Dillon ready to retire after 10 seasons
ESPN.com news services
After ten seasons of pounding from NFL defenses, New England Patriots back Corey Dillon is ready to call it quits.
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According to a report in Friday's Boston Globe, the 32-year-old Dillon will ask the Patriots for his release and walk away from the game on his own terms.
"I think more of my health, how I envision myself 5-10 years down the road," he told the Globe. "I don't want to be broken down, not able to play with my kids."
He said the prospect of his returning to another team was unlikely, but anything's possible.
"Football is the furthest thing on my mind right now,'' Dillon said in the Globe story. ''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, who is under contract for the next three seasons with a 2007 salary cap charge of $4.4 million, told the newspaper he has yet to speak with the team.
"I've been blessed and fortunate enough to play 10 years," he said. "I can get up and walk around and be comfortable. That's one of the big determining factors."
Dillon spent the last three seasons with the Patriots after a seven-year stay with the Cincinnati Bengals. He rushed for 812 yards and 13 touchdowns last season and had shared carries with rookie Laurence Maroney. He would leave the game with one Super Bowl le (with the Patriots in 2004), 11,241 rushing yards (14th on the league's all-time list) and 82 touchdowns.
"I gave them what they wanted; I didn't come in and steal money," he was quoted as saying. "I felt like the money they spent was well earned."
I heard about this on ESPN earlier. I think it is good timing for him to retire. He got a ring, he is still pretty much healthy. Also, he wasn't going to get much time next season anyways with Maroney there.
Agreed, he was obviously breaking down, good for both sides
he carried that ty ass bengals team for years.... he needs to retire
Hall of Fame Running back for Bengals and Patriots.
Gonna have to agree with the post above, nah.
I dunno. He's not a shoe-in, but he's got Hall Of Fame credentials for sure. Thurman Thomas just got in, and Dillon has more TD's and almost as many rushing yards in about 30 fewer games. Plus a ring.
Good point. My prediction though is that he won't get in because of his alleged "at ude problem" while he was playing in Cincy. Television viewers are constantly reminded of this everytime he plays (especially by Phil Simms), and therefore, so are hall of fame voters.
yeah that's true i forgot about his bad rap in Cincy. I dunno if he's really hall of fame worthy, but i guess i wouldn't have a problem if he got in.
Hmm, maybe hes not retiring
Agent: Dillon wants out of New England
NFL.com wire reports
BOSTON (Feb. 23, 2007) -- Corey Dillon, who is 14th on the NFL's career rushing list, is likely to be playing for a team other than New England next season.
Dillon's agent, Steve Feldman, said that his client will ask the Patriots for his release and that the team is likely to grant it by March 2, the start of free agency.
Dillon told The Boston Globe that he would probably retire, but Feldman, while acknowledging that retirement is a possibility, said it is unlikely.
"Corey does not have to play, but he still figures he's got a couple of years left as a premier performer and the Patriots have been kind enough to understand that," he said.
Dillon will not re-sign with the Patriots, Feldman said.
Dillon, 32, is the top active runner in the NFL, with 11,241 career yards in seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and three with the Patriots.
He still has three years remaining on his current contract.
In his first year with New England in 2004, after he was acquired from the Bengals for a second-round draft pick, Dillon ran for a regular-season franchise record 1,635 yards on 345 carries and helped the team beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in the Super Bowl.
His production dropped off the next two years. He had 733 yards on 209 carries in 2005 while battling a high ankle sprain. Dillon had 812 yards on 199 carries last season when he split duties with rookie Laurence Maroney.
Feldman said that while Dillon is healthy, he knows Maroney is the future. "It's that if Corey were to stay, his carries would be limited, and Corey feels he has more to give."
In three years with the team, he ran for 3,180 yards and scored 39 touchdowns in 43 games. After not playing in a single playoff game in seven seasons in Cincinnati, he played in eight in three seasons with the Patriots.
"I gave them what they wanted, I didn't come in and steal money," Dillon told the Globe. "I felt like the money they spent was well earned."
He was smart to quit now. I think he's not a first round Hall of Famer, and may go down the Art Monk road.
NFL | Dillon will retire
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:02:44 -0700
Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports free-agent RB Corey Dillon (Patriots) will retire.
Last edited by mardigan; 04-19-2007 at 07:58 PM.
Whatever happened to thw two back punch?
guess the Pats are confident that they can get a sturdy back in the draft.
thats why they signed Sammy Morris, and they still have Faulk, I think they are pretty set
Might as well. He has a ring & healthy. As I said in the 2nd post of this thread.
that does it, i am drafting Laurence Maroney this year.
^^ I never suspected you a Lohan fan.
Id rather have Marion Barber.
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