I'm a big time Bears fan and Walter Payton is my favorite, I saw both Barry and Walter play throughout their careers. BEARS fans give Barry Sanders the utmost respect what a great running back and individual blessings to him and his family.

@ Eddy Hernandez, You could not have said it any better. Short, sweet and to the point.

Agreed, and I'd also add Tim Brown to the list

Yet treated like total garbage for the team he played for

^^Truth!^^

In my opinion your opinion is correct.

For me it's either Barry Sanders or Gayle Sayers.

Earl Campbell ran with no O line at all

@@v4panigale26 Do you want to finish that statement? Not only no line, but no receivers to pressure the defense.

@@v4panigale26 : Earl ran over people, Barry ran around them with his quickness. Earl was Barry’s idol, in fact when Barry went to Earl’s celebrity golf outing and saw Earl in a wheelchair is when Barry decided to retire.

Barry sanders is what happens when you have the black father in the home.

@@rojaroja5673" little dick energy comment" lol

@@mikehopes1280 Unfortunately the statistics bear out what he says. Apparently it hurt else you wouldn’t have to attack his manhood. Why’d you feel the need to attack? Did this come too close to home sir?

@@rojaroja5673 i got the opportunity to meet Mr. Sanders and Usher at his funeral and bro i must say Mr. Sanders was a Mans Man he didn't take no sh** from nobody and the only person that could set him straight was his wife.... He was well respected. We need more black families like this....

@@TinnonFamilyFarm Some day people will tell you; "WTF is black family??"

I never thought ES was all that. He was incredibly overrated. He could walk into the end zone with the line they had.

E.S. was just in the perfect place / system for him to succeed. Nothing truly special to me. In those days I always said "If Barry had all of that around him, plus that defense to keep giving the O the ball back.... his stats would be out of this world. E.S. was so overrated to me. He was tough, hardly ever took hard hits, and finished going forward though... I can give him that.

@@camrencross645 E.S. consistently got ran down from behind...

@@Tyrannosaurus_STFU_III No doubt. I'd like to think that every great back has one AWESOME quality that they do better than the others. To me, E.S.'s best quality was that he played with: HOF QB, HOF WR, 2 HOF OLs plus all pros, some HOF D players, All Pro TE, All Pro FB and a HOF Coach. He did what he needed to do in that system to stand out. But, for me in those years, I was way more impressed individually in Barry, Curtis Martin, Marshall Faulk, Terrell Davis.

@@camrencross645 Forgot how good Terrell Davis was. 👍

Not really anybody who saw him in college thought he was the next gale sayers

@@blankname6629 true...but still. Who gets props from LT in their second game?

@@blankname6629 Alot of RB's in college look like the next Gale Sayers. Then they get to the NFL and become Ron Dayne. LT knew exactly what he saw in Barry Sanders. Might have had some drugs in his system at the time knowing LT lol but he still knew Barry would be future HOF.

@@mig50cc no they don’t look at Barry sanders college stats. The guy broke record after record in a very short timespan. Unlike dayne who only got the rushing record because he hung around for 4 years.

Actually, methinks the coke was mind blowing to LT, eventually.

Also very intelligent, if I am on a football field I would stay as far away from Reggie White as possible. LT or Bruce Smith you could sometimes get success running right at them but not big #92.

Used to love watching the Pack and Lions every Thanksgiving, and as Packer fans, the whole family loved watching Barry Sanders. Every game was special because the guy was just unbelievable.

He is a very kind man. I met him once. His younger cousin worked for me while he was in school. Barry was paying his tuition. Barry required that he fax his grades to him weekly . His cousin used my tax machine to do so, how could i say no to that? Barry is undoubtedly a man of honor and integrity, which i have the utmost respect for

@PostHawk 15000 yds in 10 seasons

The number back it up. 15,000+ rushing yards in only 10 seasons. I still have Barry behind Jim Brown and Walter Payton though. Barry was a liability in short yardage and goal line. Brown and Payton didn't have that problem.

@@xaviervega468 you are Incorrect. 99 rushing touchdowns don’t happen without being good in short yardage. There were no holes in Barry’s game. Trust me, I watched every game live. The guy had thighs the size of tree trunks that could push Reggie white across the scrimmage line

@@713anand Unbelievable...he sure was fun to watch. He was like a ghost.

@PostHawk I still remember Barry not playing the last part of the last game of the year when the rushing title was clearly within his grasp. He let Christian Okoya win it. Asked later about it,he didn’t care. He knew he was the best and always had great humility. Something today’s athletes could learn volumes from. A class act always. He had the misfortune of going to Detroit[im from Detroit] but I was able to watch every game he ever played. There will never be another like him.

That is exactly how I feel. What they lacked in offensive support they made up for with skill and determination.

As a Packer fan, I always got nervous when he touched the ball. Especially in Detroit on the artificial turf. He was a threat to go all the way on any play. Great player & classy dude !

I'm with ya I stopped watchin football when he retired in 99... started again in 02...

For me it wasn’t that he retired early I was disappointed in the way he did but he’s too good of a player to stay upset at

he quit.

@@jackthompson1974 4 more years running behind that line and he'd be lucky to not use a cane

Hello from Tom Brady you lil fudge Packers🏈

Ahman Green was damn good in his own right, back in the day I advised a buddy to take him in fantasy football and that paid off regularly.

@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. If they had a better qb, I liked Rodney Peete he was solid but didn't exactly strike fear in anybody.

As a Vikings fan, I have to admit that your 85 Bears had the best D ever.

I think if there's anybody out there who dislikes Barry Sanders, they have a warped personality in some way.

@@wilsondunlap I remembered Sanders playing against our Bears. I used to hate it. He would make our defends look bad. I respect his talent. If he didn't retire young, he would be the all-time rushing leader. He was that good. Man, if he had an offensive line, he would've had approx 2000 yards every season. He was a bad man running the ball.

Absolutely

I think he has said either jokingly or seriously but I believe he has

He did E. Smith is a class act as Sanders 🤙

Real talk. If Barry would've had that cowboys o line, his records would never be touched.

@@bbthompson05 real talk If Sanders had that line, he would have had to run between the tackles. Weighing at 180lbs., brings his chances of injury to a higher percentage than the "duck n chuck" offense. And against the Eastern Division the "IF" gambit is ineffectual. As a fan, "if" the player is content, then so am I. And, I too wish he would have played for Da Boys.

Barry's first season with an AVERAGE fullback, and he had 14 straight 100 yard games and broke 2000 yards. Emmitt is not even close, and he knows it...

He still is the best and always will be if only he played for a better team ong

@@sourpatch4209 imagine he goes to Dallas lol.

Im a packer fan and always loved it when we played Lions just to watch Barry run.

Detroit getting Barry displayed how great Barry Sanders was.

Wouldn't say that

Barry could of been drafted by the Packers.

@@hockeyslade so many more super bowls with him in the green and gold.

@@hockeyslade He could have run behind William Henderson who blocked for a slew of 1000 yard runners over his years. I think Deion Sanders was also available for GB at that spot, correct me. But instead they got Tony Mandarich, the biggest draft bust in history.

@@responsiblejerk2328 boy are you ever right. He was a tremendous bust. Dang, they missed Barry? That sucks for the player and the organization.

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If God made a better back I haven't seen him. Coach Wayne fonts quote.

@@jazzman688 I saw him....Jim Brown, the true GOAT. He set the standard. Barry's in my top 5 though.

Barry was not a great short yardage runner or great for a methodical power running attack that never has negative plays. Barry was a home run hitter and highlight reel, one of my all time favs to watch play. There is no denying he is top 3-5 all time but I can't say he is #1 over Brown and Payton

@@MrBronx61 Jim Brown was the best of his Era but couldn't do what he did back than in any era that's true greatness

YALL sleeping on Barry Power ! He was low to the ground and oven pushed off tackles by plowing through as well check the highlights

that guy was scary

I personally know they guy. Great man.

Joey Browner was a great, great player. I'm not sure why he's not in the HOF but deserves to be.

@@juanurbina3697 Joey Browner, Leslie O'Neal, Clay Matthews, Neil Smith all belonG in the Hall

@@salvatoreperez5113 Yes, they all deserve to be in the HOF.

SlapDaLegend Very true, he was/is the most gifted running back ever. Although, I think Eric Dickerson (very underrated) is right up there as well. Barry was simply Box Office/Must See TV throughout his illustrious career!

Ya, when watching Barry, sometimes you'd have to remind yourself that he's playing against professionals! Because sometimes he would make them look like amateurs!

the yr he ran for 2000 plus yds he had a fullback.

Bucs fans. Barry made a career just racking up yards against them.

Imagine him with that Dallas Cowboys line!!!

@@jamonb7545 We all know. Even Emmitt knows.

Hard to argue.

He didn't even like having a FB. The 3WR set (11 personell) was his most effective formation to run out of.

@@jamonb7545 I'm not sure Barry would have been ideal in a methodical, power run game. He was a home run hitter.

Hard to put anyone over Brown and Payton. Barry was more exciting but better all round player? Hard to say that.

Reggie my all time favorite.

C'mon, Reggie wasn't a better man. Get real.

@@Tecumseh4Rus better man than player and he is an all time great

The HOFer that you still wonder about. He's in a rare echelon, that's for sure.

all due respect to Barry. arguably the best ever. He could of had over 20K rushing yards easy hadnt he quit after 1 year of a 5 year contract.

Was just thinking that

Agreed

That’s a good line

Or playing against the 85 bears who constantly knocked qbs out of the game. They’d knock one out and tell the other team to go get another one.

And don't forget Derrick Thomas...

+ Junior Seau

Don't forget the Saints had a pretty scary defense as well. Pat Swilling, Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Vaughn Johnson. The Redskins had some nasty defenses too. Nobody's talking about Charles Haley either. Back in this days you didn't throw to win like today. It was smash mouth football. Everything was about defense and running the ball. San Francisco was probably the one team that ran something more exotic than everyone else with great success.

Back than it was okay for QBs to throw 15-20 INTs lol

I think Jim brown did the same thing

@@poisedforduty Jim left for the $$$.

Earl Campbell was really humble too

@@mastersironmantarmstrong7148Earl Campbell was another awesome running back to watch play. Or more accurately, it was fun to watch people struggle so badly trying to bring that beast down to the ground.

@@user-cq6dg6ql9j agreed. He was my favorite all time player and the most exciting back ever to watch with prime Payton second

Bobby ross came in and gave barry a fb, he did gain for over 2000 yds in that season, but they are same old lions..couldnt win..and cant win.

American Warhorse uhm lions had pro bowlers too

Funny thing is he only rushed for 53 yards in his first 2 games :/

You realize the lions had the top offense in the league for a few years right? As for taking the pressure off, herman Moore, Brett perriman and Johnny Morton at wr is pretty darn good. Barry wasn't the focus point for the defense. The passing game was.

@@ashleywalls4097 Yup. Coach Bobby Ross didn't know how to use Barry in the first couple of games, it being his first year of coaching for the Lions and all. Decided to be more patient with Barry and that's why he gained 2000 yards in the next 14 games that season.

hockeyslade LOL yup

Hell naw.

... not for Bobby Ross!!!

That doesn’t sound smart even how the league is now.

LOL What many people don't know is that Barry worked out year round. Imagine; you're banged up after a game, sore, bruised, and still hitting the weights. THAT is discipline AND dedication...

Adrian Patterson;; Emmett smith: Walter Payton

I'm a diehard Giants fan so I have to agree, but Reggie White was a force of nature too. Gotta say in Barry's defense he had to play against him twice a year when he was with the Packers. Guess he just saw A LOT of Reggie White.

labrunner_ t4r_ I am not a fan of Giants, and that is not the point. Lawrence is the most devastating thing that ever stepped on the football field. The dude actually won games from outside linebacker stand point. For instance, the 86 season.... wow.... that was not even real, he won game by game for the Giants. You can start to rewatch that whole season right now on KZfaq, almost every game is available. My favorite game of LT is classic clash at RFK on week 14, he took over that game, Taylor understood that Giants had to pass Redskins and took control into his hands.... Not Bruce, not Reggie is close... Taylor is the best football player in the history, even Brady and Rice is not close

ohhh He's higher alright.. high on Steroids High on HGH High on speed/cocaine.. high on ... LOL!

L LL Dude, do you know anything about football, about history and changes particularly. The best player to ever step on the field, Reggie and everyone else is not even close

Lt put reggie above himself

Barry was not an ideal fit for a methodical power run game like the cowboys. He was a home run hitter and highlight reel. IN a lot of ways he fit better in a spread offense.

NFL Greatest players ranked LT 3rd and Reggie 7th.

thats being humble. its not close

You can’t use this interview as evidence that Reggie was better than LT. Barry player LT just 2 times in his career and both were just a couple years before LT’s retirement. He played Reggie twice a year when both were in their primes. Of course he’s going to give the edge to Reggie. And as for LT’s statement, that’s just LT’s humility. Now whenever he speaks, it’s all about his teammates and coaches, never accepting any praise. Reggie would probably say the same about LT. I consider LT the best defensive player ever

@@ashleywalls4097 NFL referene has reggie the greatest PLAYER OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE. Sort by the greatest "AV" LT played in ny, of course hes gonna get more votes, he played for the hayed philly, and the tiny 100k total population GB. I watched them both, they were both the best at their positions, but Reggie made his entire defense better. meaning, clyde would get 16 sacks, jerome would get double digits in his young life. Reggie had 60 sacks in 3 years. More than some teams have in 2.

Reggie White is the greatest football player of all time....not tom Brady, not pat Mahomes not Barry, not Rice, not Montana, not Deon not anyone!!!

Barry isn't a spirited talker.