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.
@@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.
@@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....
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.
@@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.
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
@@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.
Barry Sanders is a class act. He'd leave defensive players laying all over the field, get into the end zone, and calmly hand the ball to the ref as he jogged to the sidelines. He acted like he'd been there before. Incredible class and style. He's in this interview talking about players he didn't want to run against. NO ONE wanted to play against Barry. He was a one man team.
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.
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 !
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
@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.
@@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.
Many fans don't remember that Barry ran for much of his career without a proper FB and TE. In 1997 when Bobby Ross came in, the Lions switched over to a Pro offense and Barry rushes for 2000 yards. Fans also forget he never lost yards in college running behind OSU's juggernaut offensive line. That only started once he got to Detroit.
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...
@@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 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
If I had three wishes, it would go something like this: 1. I wish for a million dollars 2. I'd wish for Bo jackson to never get hurt 3. I wish for Barry Sanders never played for the Lions and played for LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE
@@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.
For him to do what he did in an offense with no fullback or a tight end and out the gun is freaking incredible. Probably the most gifted running back EVER. He made fools of so many would be tacklers. Playing in Detroit unfortunately makes him underrated.
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!
Best running back of any generation!!! Never had a frontline like Emmit and still they had to play years after this man retired to touch his records!!! Top 10 nfl player of all time
I remember my pop Warner coach back in 1993 telling us to hand the ball to the referee after scoring like Barry Sanders does it! ...ACT LIKE YOU BEEN THERE BEFORE!
Just imagine he didn't retire early and/or played for a great team with a great offensive line! My God the numbers would have been off the chart even more!! Respect the one of the nicest guys I have ever met!
He was truly the best running back with a few less years in the NFL than other backs if he'd stayed five more years he would have owened all the running back records
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.
Barry Sanders was an incredible player! I know a lot of people here in Detroit who dogged him for retiring … but I actually thought it was pretty smart and somewhat gracious. He left at his peak, with his health intact…. Bravo!
I have seen every great back since 1970. Barry was the best of the greatest. Earl was the original beast mode, sweetness snapped your neck, Eric , 0J, Marcus shifty power but Barry left guys grabbing air.
My favorite NFl player bar none. Just amazing to see class act. Never ever ever did i ever see him ever spike the ball just run score a touchdown and hand the ball in the refs hands. Barry thank you for the memories.
Such a modest man for the level of talent he played with. Don’t know if I’ll ever see a running back as good as him or as humble. Not a Lions fan, but I was saddened when he retired.
@@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.
Can't ask for any better statements then those, , first of all how humble is Mr Sanders, and how he talked about my favorite players of all time, and I'm sure I'm on a long list of people with the same thoughts, Wow what an Athlete and what seems like a very good person! Thank you for interview!!
Funny thing is, LT was right. Had Detroit actually had a good line and a solid fullback in the mold of Darryl Moose Johnson, Sanders would have torn up the league more so than he did without them. The fact that he accomplished what he did on just terrible Lions teams is testament to his greatness. Put a good receiving corp in there to take some of the pressure off and stretch the field and who knows what they could've achieved. Even a mediocre QB could've had a couple of super bowl runs.
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.
Barry was being very respectful to Reggie White probably cuz partly, that's just who Barry is and also cuz they were good friends. I've seen so many highlights where Reggie is juked out of his shorts trying to tackle Barry.
That is what a humble athlete sounds like. You want to know why the NFL has been unwatchable over the past few years? Because there are no players like Barry Sanders anymore. A bunch of hey look at me type of athletes.
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...
The NFL family misses having Barry around the stadiums and just to hear him talk football. Better use the special lens Rich, Barry is still hard to catch.
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.
Met Barry Sanders at the Cincinnati airport back in 99/2000 and was very nice and humble. No pictures or autographs but stood and talked to us for several minutes and was very kind and sincere. Possibly one of the best moments of my life as a huge football fan
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.
I've been reading and watching snippets.... and more recently video clips, of Barry Sanders for several years now. And I still like him more and more with every snippet. I loved watching him play.. so exciting. Everyone loved the unpredictability of his moves. People would actually place bets on whether he would juke left, right, or backward against certain opponents, like Darrell Green, Dion Sanders, Mike Singletary, Richard Dent, John Randall, etc.
This is coming from a die hard Dallas cowboys fan love emmitt smith but this guy here Barry sanders he is the best and the best RB in my generation he was amazing to watch as a football fan in general you appreciate greatness Barry sanders was above and beyond special player.
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 RU-vid, 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
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
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...
It’s amazing the contrast the NFL allows us to see in people from all walks of life. The players who had supportive parents are so well rounded and gentleman. There are those with single mothers that are as well, but that is few and far between. I wonder how many pro football players from the past have relaxing lifestyles now or if they’re broke.
If anyone’s curious, Sanders line against the Giants that second game of ‘89: rushing 12 carries 57 yards 1 TD, 6 catches 96 yards, 153 yards total. The Lions lost that game 24-14. He was always a fantasy football top 5 pick, too bad Detroit never gave him even half the line he deserved.
