RayClay

He did. I think it depends on how he feels. This is only my thought, not fact, but there is that HOF thing and that might be something he's considering.

He's certainly not going to say he's considering cranking out another thousand yds. for his HOF resume, even Adam didn't say that.

He did leave the window open, ion the same article.

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RayClay

Why not? He has little or no trade value. Like most good organizations, the Patriots try to help out players that have given their best.

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RyanTheColtsFan

This guy showed his true colors in the season opener against Oakland a few years back. He *****ed and moaned on the sideline and I got major heat for calling him out because Corey was a "changed man" in New England!

You'll be better off without him.

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MrBigglesWorth

Because I'm assuming it could be a cap hit versus if he retires. I could be wrong tho.

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"There are two categories of superbowl participants that nobody remembers:

The team that lost the game and the team that only won one." Dwight White- Steelers

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

Cut his slow ass!

MrBigglesWorth

Archives- gotta love ya. every message board needs an obnoxious guy- you fit the bill.

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"There are two categories of superbowl participants that nobody remembers:

The team that lost the game and the team that only won one." Dwight White- Steelers

Brady to Brown

Great post.

patsfanofNC12

I think he liked playing for the patriots, and wanted to continue to. But he felt he could get a little more money and carries somewhere else, and there he could have a good two more years of production.

Brady to Brown

His "slow ass" was able to score "a ton" of Touchdowns for the Patriots every year during his time here. I am looking at the Patriots offense and I can't see who will replace the "slow ass" and his production of getting into the end zone. Perhaps you know something I don't.

MoLewisrocks

I said this on another thread but since we keep adding new threads on the topic I'll say it again.

Corey Dillon is a proud man. He'd never admit it, particularly to the media - some of whom he felt dogged him waiting for trouble or poking their stick to see if they could rustle up some, from the day he was signed. He had an MVP season for us in 2004 and without him who knows if we get back to back championships. But he was a shell of that player in 2005 battling injuries, and not much more in 2006 splitting carries with his replacement. It was goal line back in 2007 or hang 'em up.

He told his teamates and the media off the record that he was done after the AFCC. Sometimes that's emotion talking when you are drained. But he likely doesn't feel like going through the grind of another season to be just a goal line back or $2.5M role player. Just like Flutie said - at some point it's not worth the pain if your not playing on Sunday. I think he was open and honest with Reiss, and then the idiot agent dove in because he wants to keep HIS options open for a 3% commission in a cap flush environment the likes of which we have never seen. I'm sure he believes his guy could get that fire back for a price, and that is why he is desperately re-spinning the situation - damage control lest other teams believe Corey is likely done and probably seriously considering just retiring. Agents are leeches. They seldom care about what a player really wants, beyond money, or what is in a players best interest.

Some other team may come up with an offer in excess of $2.5M (which is all Corey was going to see here had he stayed - the $4.4 is a cap estimate, not salary, and it apparently included part of the $3M option bonus he was never going to see after back to back lackluster seasons). And they may also stroke Corey's ample ego and tell him he does have plenty left in the tank and they want it. And that may seduce him into coming back. But he is done here. Because we don't need the player he would be here in 2007, whose heart isn't really in it playing for not enough money to make it worth his while. We need guys who are hungry and determined and as the saying goes, all in. Anything less is just a disappointment waiting to unfold. Which is why this FO will release him and move on, as the fan base should, without acrimony.