Corey Dillon Reacts To Making The Cincinnati Bengals Ring Of Honor

PITTSBURGH, PA – NOVEMBER 30: Running back Corey Dillon #28 of the Cincinnati Bengals runs with the football as he is pursued by cornerback Chad Scott #30 of the Pittsburgh Steelers during a game at Heinz Field on November 30, 2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Bengals defeated the Steelers 24-20. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

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Corey Dillon got a major honor from the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday.

The former Bengals running back has made the team’s Ring of Honor and will be honored in a ceremony during the Bengals’ Week 3 game against the Washington Commanders.

Dillon is the team’s leading rusher in franchise history and while he and the team didn’t always see eye-to-eye, he’s grateful for this honor.

“I think time heals everything,” Dillon said, via ESPN’s Ben Baby. “We had our due process of healing in our different ways. It’s been long enough. I don’t think the antics outweighed the production on the field, you know what I mean? I think what I presented to the organization outweighed the little antics that went on.”

Dillon spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Bengals (1997-2003) before he was dealt to the New England Patriots. After his final game with the Bengals in 2003, he threw his equipment in the stands.

It’s been two decades since that happened and as the saying goes, time heals all wounds.

Dillon rushed for over 1,000 yards in six of his seven seasons with the Bengals and finished his Bengals tenure with 1,865 carries for 8,061 yards and 45 touchdowns.