ESPN pessimistic about Dillon trade to Oakland

[UglyDuck]

Don't look for Cincinnati and the Oakland Raiders to finish off that much-discussed swap of disgruntled Bengals tailback Corey Dillon during the league meetings. For one thing, the Bengals are sticking to their asking price, believed to be a second-round pick, for Dillon. For another, despite various reports, the Raiders aren't offering anything close to that yet. Not surprisingly, Dillon is not attending the Bengals' offseason conditioning program. Less surprising, his absence hasn't exactly fazed coach Marvin Lewis. In fact, Lewis got off a good line this week, when asked about Dillon's recent TV appearance in which he ripped some teammates and Cincinnati executives. "Did he say anything that surprised you?" said Lewis. "I don't think he did anything to surprise the people in Cincinnati or around the league who have followed him." The inference, although Lewis would publicly deny it, was that Dillon is a loose cannon, a guy with an agenda who will say or do whatever it takes to get traded or bounced by Bengals management. What the veteran tailback is overestimating, though, is the Bengals' resolve not to be verbally extorted into making a deal.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...len&id=1768806

[RaiderRef]

Too funny! ESPN you idiots. Don't look for ESPN to get a clue too soon. They will be writing boneheaded articles for as long as they will be around. I never knew the day would come when I said there is too much sports coverage. I guess this is what happens when sports writers run out of stories to write. I can see it now. ESPN writers are at there daily meeting and the big cheese says: Alright ladies lets have a good day of writing if you don't have a lead to work on go ahead and write some crap that isn't true about the Raiders.