Everyone's being compared to Barry Sanders

[bigrash]

I never was a Detroit fan, but I use to love watching him play. The guy was amazing!

 

[laketrout]

Barry is great but Walter Payton is also unbelievable. I don't know how you could really say which is better. But they are above the rest.

 

[Tylanner]

him and sweetness #1a 1b

no question

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: bigrash
I never was a Detroit fan, but I use to love watching him play. The guy was amazing!

Consider yourself lucky. I don't wish it on anyone.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: laketrout
Barry is great but Walter Payton is also unbelievable. I don't know how you could really say which is better. But they are above the rest.

Funny you say that... Walter Payton declared Barry the best rb ever, and Barry declared Payton the best rb ever.

-Max

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: bigrash
I never was a Detroit fan, but I use to love watching him play. The guy was amazing!

Consider yourself lucky. I don't wish it on anyone.

I'm a Jets fan so I don't think that I'm that lucky!

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: laketrout
Barry is great but Walter Payton is also unbelievable. I don't know how you could really say which is better. But they are above the rest.

Funny you say that... Walter Payton declared Barry the best rb ever, and Barry declared Payton the best rb ever.

-Max

Yeah, some people even speculate that Barry retired early because he didn't want to break Payton's rushing record.

I remember hearing something, now I don't even have a clue about the truth in it, but didn't him and the Chiefs try to work a deal so that he could play for them?

I could only imagine what Barry would've done with an O line like the Chiefs have had for so long.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: laketrout
Barry is great but Walter Payton is also unbelievable. I don't know how you could really say which is better. But they are above the rest.

Funny you say that... Walter Payton declared Barry the best rb ever, and Barry declared Payton the best rb ever.

-Max

Well, according to some of the guys in the QB thread, Barry never won a ring. Therefore he sucks. Walter won a ring, but he didn't score a TD in the Super Bowl, so clearly he sucks, too.

I guess we have to go with Terrell Davis as the greatest ever... :roll:

 

[watek]

did Barry in his days with lions even have an offensive line? Like Emmit did

 

[Epiphany]

LT will be the greatest RB when he retires.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: Epiphany
LT will be the greatest RB when he retires.

hahaha!

 

[spanky]

barry just made ppl look retarded. i love barry.

 

[Epiphany]

what's so funny about that? He's on par with barry in every catergory (except yards per carry) and better than him on receiving.

 

[Epiphany]

The next phenom RB to enter the NFL will be Reggie Bush

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: BigJ
One of the greatest RBs that ever lived.

However, it was a messy situation with the Lions at the end, which made me lose some respect for him.

That wasn't all Barry's fault. Believe me, I am a Lions fan and even I fault the orginization. The GM at the time had a god complex. He treated his players like sh!t, and basically used Barry as a barganing chip. He knew regardless of his supporting cast, Barry would put asses in seats and sell merchandise. He also knew that Lions fans, being the rubes that we are would be happy just being .500 with a playoff game every now and then.

Barry knew as long as he was playing for Detroit, this would continue. After watching his friends and teammates get screwed over for years, along with the losing he had enough. He knew the GM was more interested in personal vendettas and ticket sales than winning championships.

We were real close in 91'. We were 1 game out of the superbowl, losing to Washington who then went on to defeat the Bills. Thats when the dessimation of the team began.

Anyway, enough with boring nostalga.

Here is a link to his autobiography. It was a pretty good read. He goes over quite a few things that were never outed in the media.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: Epiphany
what's so funny about that? He's on par with barry in every catergory (except yards per carry) and better than him on receiving.

did you ever watch barry play? If you did you wouldnt say LT compares. LT is a great running back... to be sure... in the same league as OJ or Gale Sayers... but he's no Barry Sanders.

-Max