Trent Dilfer retires
by Arichmix
on Jul 10, 2008 3:27 PM EDT
Quarterback Trent Dilfer, who helped the Ravens win the Super Bowl in the 2000 season and played the last of his 13 NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers
The former Fresno State player said a recent injury to his Achilles' tendon helped him make up his mind.
"I was going to retire anyway. This just gives clarity to the situation," Dilfer, 36, told reporters on a conference call in Stateline, Nev., promoting the 19th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, which begins tomorrow at Lake Tahoe.
Dilfer completed 55.5 percent of his passes for 20,518 yards in his career. He threw 113 touchdown passes and 129 interceptions.
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In 2000, Dilfer replaced Tony Banks as the Ravens' starter at midseason, going 11-1 as the team beat the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
In his first start, he ended the team's three-game losing streak and its 21-quarter touchdown drought with a pass to Brandon Stokley in a 27-7 road win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Dilfer struggled with accuracy at times that season. He threw for 1,502 yards with 12 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
"We all know I'm not Joe Montana," Dilfer said after the Ravens' 34-7 title win over the Giants. "But we'll recognize that for an eight-month period, we did something pretty special."
In the offseason, the Ravens signed Elvis Grbac, a Pro Bowl quarterback, instead of Dilfer, who became the only quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl and lose his starting job before the next season.
Dilfer expressed his displeasure with the decision over the years, directing most of his anger toward then-coach Brian Billick before apologizing to him last year. He still disagrees with the decision but is content to blame the Ravens organization instead of Billick.
After winning the Super Bowl, Dilfer bounced from Seattle (2001-2004) to Cleveland (2005) to San Francisco.
via ravenstd.com
Thank you, Trent. You weren't the greatest of all quarterbacks, but after dealing with Elvis Grbac and Kyle Boller, we really learned to appreciate you.
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MY MAN TRENT
i always hated or staff for letting go of trent. he wasn’t the best as you said, but he was effecient, and that might not sound like much, but having watch kyle boller all these years, effecient is starting to sound pretty damn good right now. you will be missed man and thnx again for the superbowl win. hopefully we get there agian.
by RAVEN'SD#1 on Jul 10, 2008 10:07 PM EDT 0 recs
Dilfer had to go
He was there not to help us win, but to not make the mistakes to help us lose (like Boller). At the time, signing Grbac, who was coming off a Pro Bowl season, was a great idea. Remember, Jamal Lewis was lost for the season the year after the Super Bowl and we still made the playoffs, even though we lost. Dilfer never would have carried us that far o his arm. Too bad Grbac lost his nerve, as he had a much better arm, but we just found out he was a pussy.
Rexx
by Rexx on Jul 11, 2008 9:39 AM EDT 0 recs
YA YOUR RIGHT
ya forgot about Grbac, he did have a good season didn’t he, hey have you all ever thought that maybe, i hate to say this, but there may be a (i dont wanna use the word curse so i’m just gonna leave it at that) with ravens at quarterbacks, just a thought, cause weve had some pretty good quaterbacks who played bad for us and good for other teams i.e derrek anderson, Grbac, even Mcnair didn’t play that good for us he just won games . hell i wont be suprised if boller has a probowl season for another a couple of years from now. Is it scouting, or just flatout bad luck? tell me wat ya think. and oh ya plz God dont make flacco or troy turn out this way, i will give up bashing Adam, dont call me pacman jones, if you do this for me plz God plz
by RAVEN'SD#1 on Jul 11, 2008 2:41 PM EDT 0 recs
I will recognize Trent being a part of the championship run. You can’t take that away from him. Big on guts, short on talent.
But, the need for an upgrade was obvious. Go back and watch your Ravens 2000 playoff DVDs. Dilfer made a handful of big plays and got a lucky break or two.
He also had the heart that Elvis never did. There’s no crying in Football!
It might have been nice to keep Trent as a backup as they signed Grbac but that’s all.
Good luck.
"Have a Good time...all the time." - Viv Savage
by Jergs on Jul 12, 2008 9:30 PM EDT 0 recs
Boller's gone...
...after this year, since he’s signed thru 2008. No way he wants to stay here as a backup to either Smith or Flacco. Watch- he’ll go to New England, Indy or someone good, get inserted as a starter due to injury and take his new team to the Super Bowl. Just our luck!
Rexx
by Rexx on Jul 13, 2008 2:38 PM EDT 0 recs
lol exactly
its like on defence. players get to get better for us, but on offence, they just flat out suck for us and are like reborn for other teams. boller i think is gonna be one of those players, i always liked him, but he never produced he has the talent no doubt, i bet your right rexx
by RAVEN'SD#1 on Jul 13, 2008 7:00 PM EDT 0 recs
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