Mark_Ockerbloom's Blog

So Corey Dillon wants to move on. I say goodbye and good riddance! Granted, I'm not a teammate, but I can count on one hand the amount of times I saw the man smile in my previous role as a sportscaster. I'd need several hands to count the number of times he came across as a bitter, often brooding, individual in the locker room.

For a guy who made millions of dollars playing football on one of the best teams in the game and won a much coveted Super Bowl ring, he always struck me as the unhappiest guy in the room. Go Figure. Oh sure, he'd occasionally hold court and even joke with the media...but there always seemed to be an underlying uneasiness on the part of the interviewer and the interviewee.

Maybe a change of scenery will do him good and yes, maybe the Pats will miss his punishing running style. But maybe after 10 seasons in the NFL, he'll finally find happiness in retirement or with another team. One can only hope so. Life's too short...just ask the family of Dennis Johnson.