Clock Killin' Corey Dillon

corey_dillon Clock Killin' Corey Dillon

Ok, I was wrong. It's ok to gloat when you're right provided you come clean when you're wrong. You might recall I wrote this back in July '04;

But the most paramount question remains to be answered; is Dillon's ego writing checks his body can't cash? At age 30, having averaged 315 carries per season over the last 7 years and coming off of an injury-riddled 2003 campaign, both the historical and empirical evidence suggest Dillon's best days are behind him. And it is that truth which figures to ultimately make Dillon the long-term loser here. Like it or not, Dillon will one day have to reconcile the reality that his career and legacy in the NFL will be most memorialized and attached to a team and city whose bridge with, Dillon seemed so willing to torch.- Footblog.com: July 2004

Right now, Dillon is proving to be everything and more for the New England Patriots. Sure, they travel to Pittsburgh where they lost earlier in the season, but that was then, that was without Corey Dillon who was hurt. I'm not a Patriots fan. Let's get that out of the way. But there is little reason to believe that they won't win their third Super Bowl in four years. Corey Dillon, at age 30, gives them a dimension their previous championship teams didn't have. A true closer. Right now Dillon is the equivalent of Dennis Eckersley or Lee Smith in their prime and if Dillon can stay healthy, he'll close in on his first Super Bowl ring. Did he handle his exit out of Cincinnati as well as it could've been handled? No. But none of that matters now, and that's simply because Dillon is as good as he advertised he would be if permitted to be freed from the shackles of the Cincinnati Bengals organization. He was right. He has been that good. He makes the game even easier for Bill 'Jedi Knight' Belichick who has consistently proven to be a man among boys with no equal amongst his NFL-coaching peers. Scary but true.

The defending champion New England Patriots wouldn't be in position to win another Super Bowl if they hadn't added running back Corey Dillon.

He's made for games like Sunday's divisional playoff against the Indianapolis Colts, with snow falling, wind swirling and an added premium on running the ball.

Only he'd never played in a postseason game before. That's what seven years of wearing a Cincinnati Bengal uniform can do for you, and to you. Dillon hated the losing, spoke out about it and was labeled a malcontent.

We know now that Dillon's grumblings were a reflection of his environment, not him. We know that he was up to the task of his first playoff game. And we know for certain that his acquisition, for a mere second-round pick, was the pivotal move of the NFL off-season. - LA Times

He's a Different Breed of Cat Now [LA Times] Photo: [Getty Images]

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