CINCINNATI (April 12, 2003 9:47 a.m. EDT) - First, Takeo Spikes. Now, Corey Dillon.
The Cincinnati Bengals opened their first minicamp under coach Marvin Lewis with one notable absence Friday - their record-setting running back.
Dillon is skipping the voluntary weekend workouts, which represented Lewis' first chance to get together with his entire team. Lewis spoke with him several times recently, and figured he wasn't going to attend.
"Well, I don't know if disappointed would be the word," Lewis said. "I kind of expected it. We'll move forward. I think our guys are fine with it.
"We're going to be a good football team, and we're going to have people joining us along the way, which is going to be the fun of it."...more
The Cincinnati Bengals opened their first minicamp under coach Marvin Lewis with one notable absence Friday - their record-setting running back.
Dillon is skipping the voluntary weekend workouts, which represented Lewis' first chance to get together with his entire team. Lewis spoke with him several times recently, and figured he wasn't going to attend.
"Well, I don't know if disappointed would be the word," Lewis said. "I kind of expected it. We'll move forward. I think our guys are fine with it.
"We're going to be a good football team, and we're going to have people joining us along the way, which is going to be the fun of it."...more
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