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 Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:41 pm
I'm surprised that wasn't caught. neutral
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:32 pm
I say Barry Sanders, with Jim Brown a close second. With as great as Barry was, imagine him playing for a good team with better quarterbacks, and a good o-line (Niners, 'Boys, etc.)
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:45 am
Whoa. Gaia has filters? I never noticed... Probably because nobody really cussed, until recently... =/
That makes me wonder about a lot of things...
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:39 pm
Nyu-kun Whoa. Gaia has filters? I never noticed... Probably because nobody really cussed, until recently... =/ That makes me wonder about a lot of things... It's probably a recent addition. I remember tons of curses a while ago. confused
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:41 pm
Td1984 I say Barry Sanders, with Jim Brown a close second. With as great as Barry was, imagine him playing for a good team with better quarterbacks, and a good o-line (Niners, 'Boys, etc.) Barry Sanders was extremely dangerous. Too bad his career was a bit on the short end, because he very well could have had the all-time rushing record. And I always loved Jim Brown. So underrated, and the best player of his time.
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:29 pm
Dude-LAP Td1984 I say Barry Sanders, with Jim Brown a close second. With as great as Barry was, imagine him playing for a good team with better quarterbacks, and a good o-line (Niners, 'Boys, etc.) Barry Sanders was extremely dangerous. Too bad his career was a bit on the short end, because he very well could have had the all-time rushing record. And I always loved Jim Brown. So underrated, and the best player of his time. but since his retirement the Lions have been a disgrace to Football sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:54 am
Barry retired early, because he wanted to win a title badly, and realized there was no way he was going to be able to do it in Detroit, and the Lions weren't going to trade him.
According to an ESPN interview shortly before his Hall of Fame induction in '04, he also claimed that when he spoke to his coach Bobby Ross following the 1998 season, Ross asked him how he was feeling. Sanders replied "tired", but due to poor cellphone reception, Ross heard "retired". Then the Lions supposedly announced Barry had decided to retire, which wasn't the case. Barry then said that because of that he wouldn't be able to come back, because nobody wanted to sign a "retired" player. I'm kind of skeptical about that due to a couple of reasons. If the cellphone part was true, shouldn't the Lions have tried to contact him at home to confirm that? Also, I don't buy the teams 'won't sign a retired player' bit either, because it does happen. If Barry actively tried to come back, anybody with the cap space would've loved to add him.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:09 pm
KTS Dude-LAP Td1984 I say Barry Sanders, with Jim Brown a close second. With as great as Barry was, imagine him playing for a good team with better quarterbacks, and a good o-line (Niners, 'Boys, etc.) Barry Sanders was extremely dangerous. Too bad his career was a bit on the short end, because he very well could have had the all-time rushing record. And I always loved Jim Brown. So underrated, and the best player of his time. but since his retirement the Lions have been a disgrace to Football sweatdrop Jim Brown only played for the Cleveland Browns in his NFL career. From 1957 to 1965.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:32 pm
Gayle Sayers or Jim Brown. Both defined that position eons ahead of Payton, Sanders, etc. Like Barry though, all their careers ended too early
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:15 am
KTS Dude-LAP Td1984 I say Barry Sanders, with Jim Brown a close second. With as great as Barry was, imagine him playing for a good team with better quarterbacks, and a good o-line (Niners, 'Boys, etc.) Barry Sanders was extremely dangerous. Too bad his career was a bit on the short end, because he very well could have had the all-time rushing record. And I always loved Jim Brown. So underrated, and the best player of his time. but since his retirement the Lions have been a disgrace to Football sweatdrop Lol, no kidding
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:01 pm
Emmit Smith then maybe o.j
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:20 pm
DIRE SWORD WOUND Emmit Smith then maybe o.j Dude, with the line he had to work with, I could have ran for a thousand yards.
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:24 pm
Td1984 Barry retired early, because he wanted to win a title badly, and realized there was no way he was going to be able to do it in Detroit, and the Lions weren't going to trade him. According to an ESPN interview shortly before his Hall of Fame induction in '04, he also claimed that when he spoke to his coach Bobby Ross following the 1998 season, Ross asked him how he was feeling. Sanders replied "tired", but due to poor cellphone reception, Ross heard "retired". Then the Lions supposedly announced Barry had decided to retire, which wasn't the case. Barry then said that because of that he wouldn't be able to come back, because nobody wanted to sign a "retired" player. I'm kind of skeptical about that due to a couple of reasons. If the cellphone part was true, shouldn't the Lions have tried to contact him at home to confirm that? Also, I don't buy the teams 'won't sign a retired player' bit either, because it does happen. If Barry actively tried to come back, anybody with the cap space would've loved to add him. Another thing you are forgetting is that he had tried repeatedly telling the owner and FO to get Linemen to block for him or otherwise trade him. He had enough of it and then that may have led up to him staying retired instead of saying they did not hear him properly.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:22 am
vegito61283 Td1984 Barry retired early, because he wanted to win a title badly, and realized there was no way he was going to be able to do it in Detroit, and the Lions weren't going to trade him. According to an ESPN interview shortly before his Hall of Fame induction in '04, he also claimed that when he spoke to his coach Bobby Ross following the 1998 season, Ross asked him how he was feeling. Sanders replied "tired", but due to poor cellphone reception, Ross heard "retired". Then the Lions supposedly announced Barry had decided to retire, which wasn't the case. Barry then said that because of that he wouldn't be able to come back, because nobody wanted to sign a "retired" player. I'm kind of skeptical about that due to a couple of reasons. If the cellphone part was true, shouldn't the Lions have tried to contact him at home to confirm that? Also, I don't buy the teams 'won't sign a retired player' bit either, because it does happen. If Barry actively tried to come back, anybody with the cap space would've loved to add him. Another thing you are forgetting is that he had tried repeatedly telling the owner and FO to get Linemen to block for him or otherwise trade him. He had enough of it and then that may have led up to him staying retired instead of saying they did not hear him properly.
Yeah, the Lions really drove him outta the League. If they would've actually built a team or traded him to someone else, the possibilities are endless. Who doesn't, still, miss seeing Barry play?!
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:06 pm
Argus Plexus KTS Dude-LAP Td1984 I say Barry Sanders, with Jim Brown a close second. With as great as Barry was, imagine him playing for a good team with better quarterbacks, and a good o-line (Niners, 'Boys, etc.) Barry Sanders was extremely dangerous. Too bad his career was a bit on the short end, because he very well could have had the all-time rushing record. And I always loved Jim Brown. So underrated, and the best player of his time. but since his retirement the Lions have been a disgrace to Football sweatdrop Lol, no kidding Again, Jim Brown played for the Browns and not for the Lions.
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