What a guy

A used/"pre-owned" Jag is still worth more than a lot of other never-driven new cars

@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown Are you dense?

@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown lol no.. Jags are some of the most depreciating cars in the world after their warranty expires. They cant even give away a lot of old Jags.. Now Im sure Barry got a nice sport model tho.

@@JonHop1: Now that you mention it, I'd say that most of the Jags that I see (not many) are no more than 5-10 yrs. old -- could prolly count on one hand how many were 20 yrs. or older.

Now ain’t that the truth 💯🏃🏿💨👑🍯

Amen to that!

His dad always said Jim Brown was the best RB ever. Grow up with modesty.

I like this 🫡

That is far from hands down lol

I think even Gayle Sayers would appreciate the comparison

My god...if he ran behind Emmitts line he would’ve had 3000 yard seasons! 🤷‍♂️

Lions offensive line had multiple pro bowlers.. Berry ran for a lot of yards and you can’t do that without a line… Berry always showered his line with gifts…. Lions was missing a QB that’s all we needed….

@@darrellmitchell4338 They had Kevin Glover and Lomas Brown. Glover made 3 pro bowls and Brown made 6 pro bowls and 1 all pro selection. All Pro selections are actually more of a valid ranking system not based on fan votes alone. So I would never use pro bowl appearances to try and make any point regardless of what specific thing is being discussed. I wouldn'tsay the Lions had a great O line back then, it was slightly above average at best, perhaps peaking around 1992-1995. It is very true that the Lions were indeed missing a QB, yet in 1991 they managed to make the NFC title game so it can be done again.

@@hattershouse710 STOP IT… all pro teams is political I wouldn’t put stock in that… Considering that the Lions is not a media favorite so they wouldn’t pick too many players from Lions on a All pro team… they put Dallas whole line on that list… BOTTOM LINE you don’t run for all the yards Barry ran for without a good line and that’s facts…

Time traveling team - Sanders + Calvin Johnson

This was a "typical" Barry Sanders series of runs....3-yard gain, 1 yard loss, 5 yard gain, 1 yard gain, 1 yard loss, 68 yard touchdown run. And the amazing things would be that on those first 5 runs, he was a step away from breaking them for a long gain.

Same here! Holding a Barry-o-meter sign.

I wasn't there but i did see the game live on T.V.....Lions(Sanders) fan all the way from Los Angeles CA.....

i was there too. Mike Utley went down in that game too.

@@richman61 I believe that it was linebacker Reggie Brown...it stopped the game for a long time..If I remember correctly they had to perform surgery on the field..he was also paralyzed...

@@johncanning731 yeah you're probably right. it was a long time too. just looked it up, sanders was playing against the Jets and Utley was hurt against the Steelers. but both happened in 1997.

Well I am from the D and I had season tickets lmao 😂💯. There's never going to be another like Barry!

I agree, Aikman was amazing

I told my wife when we got together that she was the second prettiest thing I've ever seen on two legs... she inquired as to who was first, and I subsequently showed her a highlight video of Barry Sanders.

@@harlequin2280 I told your wife the same thing

@@DWQJVB I know, she told me that she'd heard that before from other guys, but that I was the first person without a micropenis to say that to her...

Amen

Never understood how people could compare him to Emmit. Barry is WAY BETTER! Emmit isn't even the best cowboy RB ever. Tony D is

Yeah it was him and Jim Brown for my top 2 ever

@@ufcman8015 Indeed my friend on both points.

@@Terry794 he would have had regular 2k yard seasons.

I’d settle for just the wide receivers

@@CorePathway lol

The best of the best

That’s what you do when you are losing by 40 points every game

He said "when you get into the endzone, act like you've been there before"

@@dirtporcelain then he ripped off his moist, sweat-stained, tight, form-fitted pants and said “when you get to the Hershey Highway, act like you’ve been there” That’s a direct quote from his biographer Eaton Beaver.

@@DWQJVB Trolling a Barry Sanders article. That means you're at least 50 and this pathetic. Remember you have to pay your Mom rent In 2 days.

I remember reading that a reporter asked him why he didn't celebrate after scoring a TD. Barry replied, "I feel it's disrespectful to the defense." 100% hardcore, class act.

Lusiphur, can confirm. It was low key the biggest dig to the defense just handing the ball to the ref like, it’s not a challenge/just another day to him.

I always remember reading this comment a thousand times.

@@lmc3468 hahaha... Yes man. Like its too easy for him

To that end, would the NFL still be nicknamed the No Fun League if every player comported himself as Barry Sanders did?

Smith Sanders backfield woulda been magical highlights....

Barry DID shatter records. Until he retired. Emmitt's five extra seasons (including his pathetic end in Arizona) are the ONLY reason he holds the rushing title. Barry was far more talented.

50,000 yards rushing 😂😂😂

He would have had numbers similar to his college numbers. At least 2000 yards every year at over 6 yards per carry. The year he went over 2000 yards he actually had a decent line but they still didn't even close to the Cowboys line of the 90s.

You're a Cowboys fan but you don't know how to spell EMMITT. A true Cowboy fan would also know that NONE of the offensive linemen Emmitt ran behind even sniffed a Pro Bowl until AFTER Emmitt's 3rd season. He made them a LOT better too. Barry had an excellent line with multiple Pro Bowler Lomas Brown and Kevin Glover at center. Drop this BULLSHIT narrative that "Barry had no talent around him". Get some new material.

Lol ,

same but I knew after 3yrs

...and I bet that the mgmt of that Denny's location would've let him eat there for free, but he would've insisted on paying the full price AND left a very sizable tip.

Haha

And Pat Jones lived of coffee and Cigs

And just like Sanders, Troy was just as humble and soft-spoken in real life.

It's a shame that Bo Jackson had his career cut short like it was. Had he been able to play a full career, he might have crept into the GOAT conversation.

If Barry was running behind the line Emmett had his records wound be untouchable.

Barry is the best running RB I ever seen but Emmitt was better in pass protection and had a much bigger impact in playoff games if you compare averages. Emmitt was also better at getting TD's and on goal-line plays.

Emmitt Smith himself has said as much in interviews.

I'd love to see that

I'd watch the hell out of that, but make it at least 25. All the people that react to "the greatest runs of Barry Sanders" haven't seen most of them.

Man, you suffered a lot. It wasn't easy being a Lions fan then (or now, come to think of it). It's such a shame that Sanders never really had a good team around him.

3,000, for sure... lol

No doubt about it!

Third guy gets Zilch🤣

Barry also knew that he would have only borrowed the record because he knew it would eventually be emmitts. And u can't say that Emmitt never put his team first either. The record meant more to Emmitt because Walter Payton meant more to Emmitt than he did to Barry. Ppl always discredit emmitts abilities and he worked for all the records. Barry's talent wus God given but Emmitt has to work to get where he got. Hands down to both Barry and Emmitt so lucky I got to watch their whole careers

Jefff you have to. They were great. They played great, clutch football. Hated their guts but respected their game. And now that I’m older, I appreciate having gotten to watch them in their greatness.

Now Barry I liked even when I was a fan of their division rival, Vikings.

You respect Michael as a person?

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And I love them all for it! All the diva athletes of today have killed the game for me. Walter Payton and Emmit Smith were as well. In today's game Derrick Henry is the best example of humble, for me.

@@bryanelam7431 emmitt was not humble. He talked a lot. Everything else I agree with you

@@smshy20 we all have our opinions but I have always seen Emmit as humble.

Yes and if you got to the playoffs and you had terrell davis you would win championships

@@stevenbrown6720 dont compare that joke to those 3

That star was never stopped in the playoffs no one stopped him back 2 back that's what it's about championships

One's initials are T.D.

I agree 100%. Those are the three best hands down.

Remember that comment Bo said about Barry..." Barry Sanders is my new idol. When I grow up i want to be just like him." -Bo Jackson

@@mexzeppelin7883 I remember that, to get that kind of endorsement from arguably one of the most gifted athletes ever, it says something about how amazing Barry was. He (and Bo) are once in a lifetime talents. Heck, I'm not sure if we'll see another RB with that kind of quickness / vision / balance that Barry had. He was unbelievable to watch. I didn't care about the Lions at all, but I would never miss one of their games if Barry was playing since you knew he'd do something crazy.

Lions were 78 and 82 WITH Barry Sanders. ‘Nuff said.

@@gregoryfilar1783 You just made willy565's point... lol

As a Lions fan, 78-82 is good for the Lions. sadly

Lions are 4-1 against the 90s Cowboys

I always wished he played for the Steelers lol

despite being 30 he was still at the top of his game. The dude was so quick and his acceleration was insane, tacklers couldn't get a good shot on him so he never really got injured. Hell, forget trying to get him with a good shot, most defenders would be thanking god if they managed to get him down and didn't end up on the wrong end of a highlight reel lol.

No is Father said that to keep his son in a perpetual 'I gotta please my father mode'. His father, even if he believed that should have kept it to himself, or at least between them. He dominated and controlled Barry's every move. Was pissed he went to OSU. Forced him to turn pto. Barry wanted one more year in college. Imagine what he would have done the following year. But In the end Barry got the final laugh. By retiring early Barry accomplished 2 goals. 1 was to finally control his destiny and 2, and more importantly he got his father to respect him. Because he did exactly what Jim Brown did, retire early. Why was his father so insistent on calling his son the 3rd best running back of all time? Maybe to usurp some of the control Barry had regained years earlier. He reminds me of Pistol Pete's father. A ruthless and manipulative taskmaster.