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Had no idea that Mike Gundy was the QB at that time. Huh. ESPN has some short videos about Barry and his magical year.
 
GOAT

Nobody more elusive in tight quarters with that acceleration through the hole. PW level elusiveness with Dalvin Cook’s acceleration. Amazing he played for OSU lite and the Lions and still did what he did. He’s the best RB ever and there might not be one ever as good again. He’s very reserved and not driven by money otherwise he’d be looked at and could’ve branded himself to the level of a football version of Michael Jordan...
 
Should have stayed in the league longer. Now ding dong Emmitt is the NFL career rushing leader. He stays in a few more & a turd wouldn’t have touched it.
 
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Where did his son sign and how's he doing? Loved Barry's style and attitude. .Best ever in my book
 
Simple facts and observations about Barry Sanders (NFL):
- perhaps the best pure runner in the game
- fun to watch on film

Highly overated and overblown and here is why:
- NFL leader both in negative plays and total yardage lost
- NFL record in a playoff game for most rushes in a game resulting in negative yardage (13 attempts for minus 1 yard)
- Was 1 for 6 in playoffs. Overall avg yards per game in playoffs was under 50 and that numbers drops to under 30 in his 4 games on grass fields.
- 1 playoff touchdown in 6 games played
- played on playoff teams in 5 of his 10 NFL seasons on teams that featured muliple 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman) and multiple allpros on the oline.
- his running style had as much to do with his lack of postseason success but people falsely assume it is due to lack of support
- Barry was the Sammy Sosa of RBs (leading league in strikeouts to lead league in homeruns) passing up open holes and forgoing minimal gains / losses in search of the bigger play. Consequently his teams punted far too often unable to convert 3rd and longs.
- This all or nothing run style combined with his 67 percent completion to target ratio resulted in drives stalling and failure to score points more often
- Barry was often substituted for in short yardage and goal line situations which is why his average yards per carry was so high compared to his contemporaries but yet he lacks total TD numbers on similar attempts
- Barry's final season was for 2,000 yards and people remember it as the season he played in a 2 back offensive under new coach. It is true that they changed offenses to have Barry run behind a fullback and then promptly abondoned it after 2 games because Barry's yards per carry dropped to 2.1 in that system. He was not nearly as versatile as people assume
- Barry played in the "Black and Blue" NFC Central which was the worst division in the NFC. Only Green Bay emerged in the mid 90s as a contender after acquiring Reggie White. Up till then all of the good teams played in the East (6 superbowls in 90s) and West. Detroit often played the 2nd or 3rd tier cross divisional based on prior season playoff finish (weaker competition).
- Barry missed only 7 games in his career. The Lions were 4 and 3 in those games. Barry's final season they won 5 games. The following year they won 8 and made the playoffs. Again, the Lions were actually a decent team and hardly the bad team that Barry's proponents like to remember

My apologies for any pain this reality check may have caused. Barry's fans tend to be softer than Barry's play
 
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Simple facts and observations about Barry Sanders (NFL):
- perhaps the best pure runner in the game
- fun to watch on film

Highly overated and overblown and here is why:
- NFL leader both in negative plays and total yardage lost
- NFL record in a playoff game for most rushes in a game resulting in negative yardage (13 yards for minus 1 yard)
- Was 1 for 6 in playoffs. Overall avg yards per game in playoffs was under 50 and that numbers drops to under 30 in his 4 games on grass fields.
- 1 playoff touchdown in 6 games played
- played on playoff teams in 5 of his 10 NFL seasons on teams that featured muliple 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman) and multiple allpros on the oline.
- his running style had as much to do with his lack of postseason success but people falsely assume it is due to lack of support
- Barry was the Sammy Sosa of RBs (leading league in strikeouts to lead league in homeruns) passing up open holes and forgoing minimal gains / losses in search of the bigger play. Consequently his teams punted far too often unable to convert 3rd and longs.
- This all or nothing run style combined with his 67 percent completion to target ratio resulted in drives stalling and failure to score points more often
- Barry was often substituted for in short yardage and goal line situations which is why his average yards per carry was so high compared to his contemporaries but yet he lacks total TD numbers on similar attempts
- Barry's final season was for 2,000 yards and people remember it as the season he played in a 2 back offensive under new coach. It is true that they changed offenses to have Barry run behind a fullback and then promptly abondoned it after 2 games because Barry's yards per carry dropped to 2.1 in that system. He was not nearly as versatile as people assume
- Barry played in the "Black and Blue" NFC Central which was the worst division in the NFC. Only Green Bay emerged in the mid 90s as a contender after acquiring Reggue White. Up till then all of the good teams played in the East (6 superbowls in 90s) and West. Detroit often played the 2nd or 3rd tier cross divisional based on prior season playoff finish (weaker competition).
- Barry missed only 7 games in his career. The Lions were 3 and 4 in those games. Barry's final season they won 5 games. The following year they won 8 and made the playoffs. Again, the Lions were actually a decent team and hardly the bad team that Barry's proponents like to remember

My apologies for any pain this reality check may have caused. Barry's fans tend to be softer than Barry's play

This is incredibly interesting.
Also Barry fans like to point out that he didn’t have the O-Line especially like one emit Smith did. But I heard something a few years ago...the RB makes the O-Line not the other way around. That was stat d from the very knowledgeable Bill Pollian.

When looking at Niles and the last year with Cook and first year without makes a lot of sense to what Bill said.
 


Here is video evidence that highlights my point (and keep in mind that this is a pro-Barry slant). If you skip to 1:23, they begin affirming my points with both video evidence and comments that Barry was an all or nothing type back who didn't play the best "team" football. They even make the same Sammy Sosa comparison

And if you think Jimmy Johnson was going to put up with that on a team coming off a 3-13 and 1-15 season, I have got swamp land to sell you. By the way, Troy Aikman threw for fewer yards and TDs than Scott Mitchell and Irvin was the only receiver in Dallas with 1,000 yards in the 90s. So Dallas's passing attack was far less lethal than Detroit that was running the spread / run and shoot
 
Do you have some personal vendetta CPAnole? I guess there are two sides to every story but your post makes it seem like he's a chump. Without a doubt he's a top 3 all time RB I dont care about yards lost or who he played with. Did it occur to you that maybe they racked up those passing numbers because teams were stacking the box to stop the GOAT? And you failed to mention those terrible defenses that cost them deep playoff runs.
 
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Do you have some personal vendetta CPAnole? I guess there are two sides to every story but your post makes it seem like he's a chump. Without a doubt he's a top 3 all time RB I dont care about yards lost or who he played with. Did it occur to you that maybe they racked up those passing numbers because teams were stacking the box to stop the GOAT? And you failed to mention those terrible defenses that cost them deep playoff runs.

I have no grudge against Sanders and think he is great. But every pro-Barry discussion immediately jumps to the fallacy that if Barry played in Dallas he would still be running for 2,000 yards seasons today threads. I am a Nole and a Cowboys fan and I am eternally grateful that Barry did not play in Dallas.

If you dare, spend 10 - 15 minutes reading this from another author which dissects the difference between Barry and that damned Gator, the difference between the teams, and why Barry is not perhaps the greatest of all time and would have been a failure for Dallas.

https://cowboyscoffeetalk.com/7-reasons-why-emmitt-smith-is-underrated-reason-1-numbers-dont-lie/
 
Simple facts and observations about Barry Sanders (NFL):
- perhaps the best pure runner in the game
- fun to watch on film

Highly overated and overblown and here is why:
- NFL leader both in negative plays and total yardage lost
- NFL record in a playoff game for most rushes in a game resulting in negative yardage (13 attempts for minus 1 yard)
- Was 1 for 6 in playoffs. Overall avg yards per game in playoffs was under 50 and that numbers drops to under 30 in his 4 games on grass fields.
- 1 playoff touchdown in 6 games played
- played on playoff teams in 5 of his 10 NFL seasons on teams that featured muliple 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman) and multiple allpros on the oline.
- his running style had as much to do with his lack of postseason success but people falsely assume it is due to lack of support
- Barry was the Sammy Sosa of RBs (leading league in strikeouts to lead league in homeruns) passing up open holes and forgoing minimal gains / losses in search of the bigger play. Consequently his teams punted far too often unable to convert 3rd and longs.
- This all or nothing run style combined with his 67 percent completion to target ratio resulted in drives stalling and failure to score points more often
- Barry was often substituted for in short yardage and goal line situations which is why his average yards per carry was so high compared to his contemporaries but yet he lacks total TD numbers on similar attempts
- Barry's final season was for 2,000 yards and people remember it as the season he played in a 2 back offensive under new coach. It is true that they changed offenses to have Barry run behind a fullback and then promptly abondoned it after 2 games because Barry's yards per carry dropped to 2.1 in that system. He was not nearly as versatile as people assume
- Barry played in the "Black and Blue" NFC Central which was the worst division in the NFC. Only Green Bay emerged in the mid 90s as a contender after acquiring Reggie White. Up till then all of the good teams played in the East (6 superbowls in 90s) and West. Detroit often played the 2nd or 3rd tier cross divisional based on prior season playoff finish (weaker competition).
- Barry missed only 7 games in his career. The Lions were 3 and 4 in those games. Barry's final season they won 5 games. The following year they won 8 and made the playoffs. Again, the Lions were actually a decent team and hardly the bad team that Barry's proponents like to remember

My apologies for any pain this reality check may have caused. Barry's fans tend to be softer than Barry's play
highly overrated? you know nothing about football
 
Simple facts and observations about Barry Sanders (NFL):
- perhaps the best pure runner in the game
- fun to watch on film

Highly overated and overblown and here is why:
- NFL leader both in negative plays and total yardage lost
- NFL record in a playoff game for most rushes in a game resulting in negative yardage (13 attempts for minus 1 yard)
- Was 1 for 6 in playoffs. Overall avg yards per game in playoffs was under 50 and that numbers drops to under 30 in his 4 games on grass fields.
- 1 playoff touchdown in 6 games played
- played on playoff teams in 5 of his 10 NFL seasons on teams that featured muliple 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman) and multiple allpros on the oline.
- his running style had as much to do with his lack of postseason success but people falsely assume it is due to lack of support
- Barry was the Sammy Sosa of RBs (leading league in strikeouts to lead league in homeruns) passing up open holes and forgoing minimal gains / losses in search of the bigger play. Consequently his teams punted far too often unable to convert 3rd and longs.
- This all or nothing run style combined with his 67 percent completion to target ratio resulted in drives stalling and failure to score points more often
- Barry was often substituted for in short yardage and goal line situations which is why his average yards per carry was so high compared to his contemporaries but yet he lacks total TD numbers on similar attempts
- Barry's final season was for 2,000 yards and people remember it as the season he played in a 2 back offensive under new coach. It is true that they changed offenses to have Barry run behind a fullback and then promptly abondoned it after 2 games because Barry's yards per carry dropped to 2.1 in that system. He was not nearly as versatile as people assume
- Barry played in the "Black and Blue" NFC Central which was the worst division in the NFC. Only Green Bay emerged in the mid 90s as a contender after acquiring Reggie White. Up till then all of the good teams played in the East (6 superbowls in 90s) and West. Detroit often played the 2nd or 3rd tier cross divisional based on prior season playoff finish (weaker competition).
- Barry missed only 7 games in his career. The Lions were 3 and 4 in those games. Barry's final season they won 5 games. The following year they won 8 and made the playoffs. Again, the Lions were actually a decent team and hardly the bad team that Barry's proponents like to remember

My apologies for any pain this reality check may have caused. Barry's fans tend to be softer than Barry's play
Cocaine is a helluva drug!
 
Simple facts and observations about Barry Sanders (NFL):
- perhaps the best pure runner in the game
- fun to watch on film

Highly overated and overblown and here is why:
- NFL leader both in negative plays and total yardage lost
- NFL record in a playoff game for most rushes in a game resulting in negative yardage (13 attempts for minus 1 yard)
- Was 1 for 6 in playoffs. Overall avg yards per game in playoffs was under 50 and that numbers drops to under 30 in his 4 games on grass fields.
- 1 playoff touchdown in 6 games played
- played on playoff teams in 5 of his 10 NFL seasons on teams that featured muliple 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman) and multiple allpros on the oline.
- his running style had as much to do with his lack of postseason success but people falsely assume it is due to lack of support
- Barry was the Sammy Sosa of RBs (leading league in strikeouts to lead league in homeruns) passing up open holes and forgoing minimal gains / losses in search of the bigger play. Consequently his teams punted far too often unable to convert 3rd and longs.
- This all or nothing run style combined with his 67 percent completion to target ratio resulted in drives stalling and failure to score points more often
- Barry was often substituted for in short yardage and goal line situations which is why his average yards per carry was so high compared to his contemporaries but yet he lacks total TD numbers on similar attempts
- Barry's final season was for 2,000 yards and people remember it as the season he played in a 2 back offensive under new coach. It is true that they changed offenses to have Barry run behind a fullback and then promptly abondoned it after 2 games because Barry's yards per carry dropped to 2.1 in that system. He was not nearly as versatile as people assume
- Barry played in the "Black and Blue" NFC Central which was the worst division in the NFC. Only Green Bay emerged in the mid 90s as a contender after acquiring Reggie White. Up till then all of the good teams played in the East (6 superbowls in 90s) and West. Detroit often played the 2nd or 3rd tier cross divisional based on prior season playoff finish (weaker competition).
- Barry missed only 7 games in his career. The Lions were 3 and 4 in those games. Barry's final season they won 5 games. The following year they won 8 and made the playoffs. Again, the Lions were actually a decent team and hardly the bad team that Barry's proponents like to remember

My apologies for any pain this reality check may have caused. Barry's fans tend to be softer than Barry's play


Ever actually play football?
 
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highly overrated? you know nothing about football

There is a huge difference between a great athlete and a great player. Great players make great plays against the best competition and in the big moments.
Any player who disappears in crunch time is not one of the greats of all time in any sport and is certainly not the best player of all time at their position. Not only did Barry lack playoff success, the coaches in Detroit felt that another back off the Lions bench was a better option than Barry on short-yardage situations and around the goal line. That is the film. Can you name another Detroit running-back that played with Barry?

Barry was an incredible runner but an incomplete back and had one of the best statistical careers of all time (his highlights are amazing). "Overrated" is generally the term that sports fans use to refer to those who accomplish all of their greatness against lessor competition.
 
Simple facts and observations about Barry Sanders (NFL):
- perhaps the best pure runner in the game
- fun to watch on film

Highly overated and overblown and here is why:
- NFL leader both in negative plays and total yardage lost
- NFL record in a playoff game for most rushes in a game resulting in negative yardage (13 attempts for minus 1 yard)
- Was 1 for 6 in playoffs. Overall avg yards per game in playoffs was under 50 and that numbers drops to under 30 in his 4 games on grass fields.
- 1 playoff touchdown in 6 games played
- played on playoff teams in 5 of his 10 NFL seasons on teams that featured muliple 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman) and multiple allpros on the oline.
- his running style had as much to do with his lack of postseason success but people falsely assume it is due to lack of support
- Barry was the Sammy Sosa of RBs (leading league in strikeouts to lead league in homeruns) passing up open holes and forgoing minimal gains / losses in search of the bigger play. Consequently his teams punted far too often unable to convert 3rd and longs.
- This all or nothing run style combined with his 67 percent completion to target ratio resulted in drives stalling and failure to score points more often
- Barry was often substituted for in short yardage and goal line situations which is why his average yards per carry was so high compared to his contemporaries but yet he lacks total TD numbers on similar attempts
- Barry's final season was for 2,000 yards and people remember it as the season he played in a 2 back offensive under new coach. It is true that they changed offenses to have Barry run behind a fullback and then promptly abondoned it after 2 games because Barry's yards per carry dropped to 2.1 in that system. He was not nearly as versatile as people assume
- Barry played in the "Black and Blue" NFC Central which was the worst division in the NFC. Only Green Bay emerged in the mid 90s as a contender after acquiring Reggie White. Up till then all of the good teams played in the East (6 superbowls in 90s) and West. Detroit often played the 2nd or 3rd tier cross divisional based on prior season playoff finish (weaker competition).
- Barry missed only 7 games in his career. The Lions were 4 and 3 in those games. Barry's final season they won 5 games. The following year they won 8 and made the playoffs. Again, the Lions were actually a decent team and hardly the bad team that Barry's proponents like to remember

My apologies for any pain this reality check may have caused. Barry's fans tend to be softer than Barry's play

Butthurt Emmitt Smith fan that’s jealous of Barry being called the GOAT.
 
Butthurt Emmitt Smith fan that’s jealous of Barry being called the GOAT.
And yet, not a single statement of fact to counter any comment made. 22 has all of the rings and records. I don't believe his fans are the individuals who are butthurt.

Just exhausted from 30 years of excuses from Sanders' fans
 
Dalvin Cook was also extremely overrated. Seminole coaches thought so lowly of him that Patrick would come in on 3rd and short most of the time. The greatest Seminole running back should be brought off the field.

Great players show up in big moments. Cook only had 33 yards against Houston when the team needed him.
 
And yet, not a single statement of fact to counter any comment made. 22 has all of the rings and records. I don't believe his fans are the individuals who are butthurt.

Just exhausted from 30 years of excuses from Sanders' fans
Smith is also great but also played behind one of the greatest offensive lines of all time with a hall of fame QB and hall of fame WR.
 
Dalvin lost yards on something like 25% of his carries. And he was 0-1 in the playoffs, largely in part due to his fumbles. And he played next to a Heisman winner and still failed.

Dalvin’s overrated apparently. And since running backs make (or break) offensive lines, it must be Dalvin’s fault his FSU lines were not better.

Pretty
 
Simple facts and observations about Barry Sanders (NFL):
- perhaps the best pure runner in the game
- fun to watch on film

Highly overated and overblown and here is why:
- NFL leader both in negative plays and total yardage lost
- NFL record in a playoff game for most rushes in a game resulting in negative yardage (13 attempts for minus 1 yard)
- Was 1 for 6 in playoffs. Overall avg yards per game in playoffs was under 50 and that numbers drops to under 30 in his 4 games on grass fields.
- 1 playoff touchdown in 6 games played
- played on playoff teams in 5 of his 10 NFL seasons on teams that featured muliple 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman) and multiple allpros on the oline.
- his running style had as much to do with his lack of postseason success but people falsely assume it is due to lack of support
- Barry was the Sammy Sosa of RBs (leading league in strikeouts to lead league in homeruns) passing up open holes and forgoing minimal gains / losses in search of the bigger play. Consequently his teams punted far too often unable to convert 3rd and longs.
- This all or nothing run style combined with his 67 percent completion to target ratio resulted in drives stalling and failure to score points more often
- Barry was often substituted for in short yardage and goal line situations which is why his average yards per carry was so high compared to his contemporaries but yet he lacks total TD numbers on similar attempts
- Barry's final season was for 2,000 yards and people remember it as the season he played in a 2 back offensive under new coach. It is true that they changed offenses to have Barry run behind a fullback and then promptly abondoned it after 2 games because Barry's yards per carry dropped to 2.1 in that system. He was not nearly as versatile as people assume
- Barry played in the "Black and Blue" NFC Central which was the worst division in the NFC. Only Green Bay emerged in the mid 90s as a contender after acquiring Reggie White. Up till then all of the good teams played in the East (6 superbowls in 90s) and West. Detroit often played the 2nd or 3rd tier cross divisional based on prior season playoff finish (weaker competition).
- Barry missed only 7 games in his career. The Lions were 4 and 3 in those games. Barry's final season they won 5 games. The following year they won 8 and made the playoffs. Again, the Lions were actually a decent team and hardly the bad team that Barry's proponents like to remember

My apologies for any pain this reality check may have caused. Barry's fans tend to be softer than Barry's play
I've never seen a back that was really that close to Sanders but keep up the good work Statsman.
 
Dalvin Cook was also extremely overrated. Seminole coaches thought so lowly of him that Patrick would come in on 3rd and short most of the time. The greatest Seminole running back should be brought off the field.

Great players show up in big moments. Cook only had 33 yards against Houston when the team needed him.

First, Lets not bash our noles. Second, I believe that Dunn is the best RB to ever play for FSU.

Cook definitely had some tough moments in post season play and when discussing all time greats that cannot and should not be disregarded. He was a beast against Miami though.

As to the analogy to Smith in Dallas, he was the best option on every down and regardless of the position on the field. That is part of his greatness
 
And yet, not a single statement of fact to counter any comment made. 22 has all of the rings and records. I don't believe his fans are the individuals who are butthurt.

Just exhausted from 30 years of excuses from Sanders' fans
again..you know nothing about football, Emmitt had Troy Aikman, Irvin, Novachek, numerous others to help key defenses away from him..Barry WAS the Lions offense.
 
First, Lets not bash our noles. Second, I believe that Dunn is the best RB to ever play for FSU.

Cook definitely had some tough moments in post season play and when discussing all time greats that cannot and should not be disregarded. He was a beast against Miami though.

As to the analogy to Smith in Dallas, he was the best option on every down and regardless of the position on the field. That is part of his greatness


The last part is laughable. When nobody is there to tackle you behind the line of scrimmage, you don’t lose yards. When you’re 2 yards downfield before you have to do anything, it’s not as difficult to make something happen. When your line gets push, the back - no matter who it is - can be told to just push forward.
 
Dalvin lost yards on something like 25% of his carries. And he was 0-1 in the playoffs, largely in part due to his fumbles. And he played next to a Heisman winner and still failed.

Dalvin’s overrated apparently. And since running backs make (or break) offensive lines, it must be Dalvin’s fault his FSU lines were not better.

Pretty

Posted youtube video earlier in this thread by NFL Films where both experts and teammates said that Barry's style of play was to risk losing yards for a potential big plays. That is not the key to winning football games per most coaches

All RBs have losses and the Noles oline and Jimbos playcalling didnt do Cook any favors. I never accussed Cook of running around in search of individual glory. He made the best and more from what he had to work with and that so why he was so good for FSU when he played here
 
Posted youtube video earlier in this thread by NFL Films where both experts and teammates said that Barry's style of play was to risk losing yards for a potential big plays. That is not the key to winning football games per most coaches

All RBs have losses and the Noles oline and Jimbos playcalling didnt do Cook any favors. I never accussed Cook of running around in search of individual glory. He made the best and more from what he had to work with and that so why he was so good for FSU when he played here

So, Dalvin made the best and more from what he had to work with. But Barry didn’t. Got it.
 
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The last part is laughable. When nobody is there to tackle you behind the line of scrimmage, you don’t lose yards. When you’re 2 yards downfield before you have to do anything, it’s not as difficult to make something happen. When your line gets push, the back - no matter who it is - can be told to just push forward.

Watch Smith's tape and you will see he had to dodge penetration as well. When you run 3 and 4 wide and zone blocking, expect penetration on more than a few plays because you dont always have enough to pick everything up (see Jimbo era at FSU)

Dont disregard that Dallas played power lead draw from the I, and Smith was very disciplined to stick with the design of the play. They played in a phone booth against the leagues toughest division and against the likes of San Fran and Green Bay as the prior year conference champions.

Most of those highlights you use against Smith for gapping holes were in the 3rd and 4th quarter from a relentless barrage of downhill runs into the teeth of the defense to wear opponents down
 
So, Dalvin made the best and more from what he had to work with. But Barry didn’t. Got it.
Multi 1,000 yard receivers (Moore, Perryman, and Morten) and pro bowl OLs are hardly a 1 man team.

When you give up a 3 yard gain in an attempt to bounce to gain 20 yards and lose 3 yards that cost you games. Failing to get back to the line of scrimmage and taking a bad loss cost you games. Barry costs the lions some games and he won the lions a lot ames. Playing smart football matters especially in the postseason

The other nonflashy guy just found ways to win games.

Style versus substance
 
One problem in this country is that, there's the perception that if I'm a Barry fan it means I hate Emmit. Not the case for me. Barry WAS an all or nothing back. Made something from nothing the majority of his career. Detroit was horrible in the playoffs because of the fact you mentioned, never good enough to be there in the first place.

Emmitt was thumper. The only way a thumper rushes for more yards than any other back is to get a boat load of carries, play a boat load of games, or have big holes to run through. Can you imagine this thumper with breakaway speed? No, because thumpers dont have breakaway speed.

I CAN name one back that played briefly with Barry, Allen Williams. He played college ball at Maryland and was the only back to rush for 100 yards against the Derrick Brooks led FSU championship defense. Someone check that in case my memory is fading. Lets just say I know him quite well.
 
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Cpanole, nobody’s bashing Noles - they’re just using your twisted logic in the exact same way you are against Sanders. See how silly the arguments look?
 
again..you know nothing about football, Emmitt had Troy Aikman, Irvin, Novachek, numerous others to help key defenses away from him..Barry WAS the Lions offense.

The Cowboys were 1 and 15 without Smith in Dallas. They were 1 and 9 in games that Smith did not play. No a single member of the Cowboys made a probowl before Smith (other than Ray Donaldson) who came in 95. The only HOF Emmitt played with on the line was Allen who drafted in 94

Irvin was the Cowboys only 1,000 yard receiver in the Smith era.

Aikman had 1 season where he threw for 20 TDs and 1 season where he throw for 3,000 yards

After Aikman, Irvin, Novacek, Johnson, Harper, Newton, Tuinei, Stepnoski, Donaldson retired or left, and Dallas went to the 1 back under Gailey and Campo, and Quaterbacks Quincy Carter and Chad Hutchinson, Testarverdetook over....

Emmitt at age 28 and the most carrys of all time by the age, ran for 6 straight 1,000 yards seasons with little to no talent around him
 
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