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.
@@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....
@@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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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 !
@@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.
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.
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...
They scrapped the fullback after 2 or 3 games when Ross came on board. Barry's dad got pissed they were using a fullback because he was better at picking his holes as opposed to following a fullback.
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.
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
@@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.
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
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!
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!!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
You know Barry is special because no NFL RB had the same style of running prior to Barry and there hasn’t been one since. Barry’s running style was truly one of a kind and dominant. His style of running is what makes Barry so memorable
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.
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.
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...
I’m a GB Packers fan, not that it matters, but here are my top 5 defensive players that I’ve ever seen. I’m 41. 1. Lawrence Taylor (The GOAT. 🐐. Not even a comparison.) 2. Reggie White (honestly, single-handedly changed the horrible Packers franchise at the time. I was 13 maybe?) 3. Ronnie Lott (I would’ve been scared shitless playing against him .) 4. Ed Reed (changed the whole playmaking safety position and his instincts were second to none. He and Lott could be interchangeable for me at 3 and 4.) 5. Deion Sanders (Greatest cover corner ever, not to mention, the greatest punt and kickoff returner ever, maybe only Devin Hester was better.)
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.
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.
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 UA-cam, 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
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.
1:55 The best answer to question I have ever seen in a sports interview. Eisen "Did you get him"? Sanders "I always just try to stay far away from Reggie"
Barry, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks....all great and gentlemen. None of them ever played in a Super Bowl/World Series. Humble they are....never, never complained. True heroes, true gentlemen, all very humble. Humility is missing with the younger crowd. Sad.
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.
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.
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.
Barry is one of the 100% Classiest men to ever play in the NFL
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!^^
Barry set the standards of how to conduct yourself when you are great. He set the standards.
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??"
In my opinion, Barry Sanders has been the best running back I have ever seen.
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.
So in just his SECOND game in the NFL, Lawrence Taylor realized he was a future Hall Of Famer... that's mind blowing.
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.
Barry seems like a cool guy - smart, modest, and crazy talented.
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
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.
If Sanders had Emmits line he would own every single rushing record, by a lot.
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. 👍
As a Packer fan always loved this guy. Pure Class and 1 of a kind talent.
Walter Payton and Barry Sanders 1A and 1B Heart n Class.
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 remember being mad when Barry retired “early”. But, now I respect it so much. Barry looks in good health and great spirits
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
I'm a die hard BEAR'S fan and I must say that Barry Sanders is class act and I wish him well.
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.
Barry's modesty speaks volumes about his character. GOAT.
Barry Sanders is the best! Greatest running back ever and such a humble man. God bless you Barry, you deserved the O- line Emmitt had.
I don't care what the numbers say, Barry Sanders was the BEST RB ever!
@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.
Barry was must watch football! Arguably, the greatest running back ever!
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...
They scrapped the fullback after 2 or 3 games when Ross came on board. Barry's dad got pissed they were using a fullback because he was better at picking his holes as opposed to following a fullback.
Barry's run's for a loss were as entertaining as the best run's for gain's in today's NFL. Just special!
Barry sanders runs for a loss were not his terrible running style, it was his terrible offensive line and coaches…
Barry’s 47 yard TD run against the Cowboys in the 91 Divisional Round is the greatest most exciting run of all time!
Barry Sanders is a very serious individual. A lot of integrity in his words. Grew up 45 minutes away. Amazing person!
Joey Browner. One of the most underrated defenders of all time.
that guy was scary
I personally know they guy. Great man.
@Juan Urbina Joey Browner, Leslie O'Neal, Clay Matthews, Neil Smith all belonG in the Hall
You want scary - Joey Browner was in the same defensive backfield as Ronnie Lott!?!?
one of a long list of HOF level safeties to come out of the University of Southern California.
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
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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I've never seen an interview with Barry Sanders. What a cool dude.
Barry Sanders... there's no one like him as a player and he seems as down to Earth as a man can get. I'm a big fan.
Barry is one of the few athletes who can sit back and not say 1 word b/c his record/ performance SPEAKS for himself.
Who doesn’t love Barry!
Bucs fans. Barry made a career just racking up yards against them.
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.
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.
He looks great and I hope he's doing extremely well. Thank you for sharing your talent with us Barry!
Detroit getting Barry Sanders destroyed what would have been the greatest NFL RB Career in history.
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
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
Barry is my favorite player. Also what a gentleman. All my respect to the man.
I'll always say this, Emmitt, you need to thank Barry Sanders for retiring early.
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.
3 guys who are arguably the best to ever play at their position in the history of the NFL .
Barry would find a ref and hand him the football after a score. That’s sportsmanship!! Great!!
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!
Eisen was part of the great ESPN years. Sanders is legendary and my all time fave player!
Great story by the Great Barry Sanders!
If he had a decent line , a fullback and a elite quarterback to keep some pressure off him man that rushing record would be nearly unbreakable
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.
Longtime Steelers Fan here; Barry is the best RB in history. I loved how he was all business-- like handing the ball to the ref.
I love Barry Sanders he’s such a genuine and sweet guy
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
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.
I love his humilty.. I wish all superstars were like this.. but then again we wouldn't appreciate him as much.. the best RB ever
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!
Barry The goat hands down . HE Should be THE ambassador for NFL.
Barry Sanders = automatic 👍🏼
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!!
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.
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
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
Best Running Back i have ever witnessed. He made the wind miss...
That’s a good line
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.
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 think Jim brown did the same thing
@@poisedforduty Jim left for the $$$.
The great Barry Sanders. Wow.
Greetings from NY.
Barry Sanders, always a class act. I wasn't a Lions fan, but I loved rooting for him. He was the GOAT of all running backs.
Barry and Rich are both great sports personalities.
You know a guy is great when he's a HOFer and you still look at him and think about what could have been if x, y, z had happened.
The HOFer that you still wonder about. He's in a rare echelon, that's for sure.
the most exciting nfl player ever and to think he is so humble no show boating every big run or td
Damn it Eisen zip it and let the greatest speak
Was just thinking that
Agreed
Barry Sanders is always so well-spoken in his interviews.
Even without a solid offensive line Barry was the best running back I have ever seen!
I miss watching Barry Sanders highlights each week
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.
articulate.... humble....unstoppable more reason to appreciate this man.He is blessed
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.
Loved watching Barry . Did his job , never gloated ,taunted just give the ball to the Ref and back to the huddle.
The best running back of all time in my opinion
Hard to put anyone over Brown and Payton. Barry was more exciting but better all round player? Hard to say that.
Friggin' love Barry. Class act with a two hour highlight reel.
Imagine playing QB when Bruce Smith, LT and Reggie were playing. How is that even legal.
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
Great compliment by LT to Sanders! Nice.
Best running back I ever watched.
You know Barry is special because no NFL RB had the same style of running prior to Barry and there hasn’t been one since. Barry’s running style was truly one of a kind and dominant. His style of running is what makes Barry so memorable
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.
When Barry Sanders walked away at the height of his game, I was amazed. Great deal of respect for the man.
And Reggie is an even better man. What a testimony and legacy.
I Corinthians 10:31
Reggie my all time favorite.
C'mon, Reggie wasn't a better man. Get real.
@@Tecumseh4-k2z better man than player and he is an all time great
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.
IMO if Barry worked out hard for a summer he could still play lol.
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...
I’m a GB Packers fan, not that it matters, but here are my top 5 defensive players that I’ve ever seen. I’m 41.
1. Lawrence Taylor (The GOAT. 🐐. Not even a comparison.)
2. Reggie White (honestly, single-handedly changed the horrible Packers franchise at the time. I was 13 maybe?)
3. Ronnie Lott (I would’ve been scared shitless playing against him .)
4. Ed Reed (changed the whole playmaking safety position and his instincts were second to none. He and Lott could be interchangeable for me at 3 and 4.)
5. Deion Sanders (Greatest cover corner ever, not to mention, the greatest punt and kickoff returner ever, maybe only Devin Hester was better.)
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.
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.
Your not gonna break that man's character....Pure class!
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 the most explosive runner ever. Great speaker. Knows the game inside and out. Could listen to him all day.
No... Lawrence is much higher above every one and thing...... No one is comparable
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 UA-cam, 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
Thank you for playing for Detroit and gave us some happiness
Even if he would have played 13 - 15 years, he would own just about every record.
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 love you brother berry!
Barry seems to be a really humble guy and one hell of a Football player...
Shame he retired too soon! Greatest RB I’ve watched.
Adrian Patterson;; Emmett smith: Walter Payton
1:55 The best answer to question I have ever seen in a sports interview. Eisen "Did you get him"? Sanders "I always just try to stay far away from Reggie"
Never a greater athlete with his modesty.
But I would have loved him no matter what his modesty would have been.
Barry, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks....all great and gentlemen. None of them ever played in a Super Bowl/World Series. Humble they are....never, never complained. True heroes, true gentlemen, all very humble. Humility is missing with the younger crowd. Sad.
Hank Aaron won a World Series with the Milwaukee Braves in 1957. hit 3 HR
For the record, Barry averaged 108 ypg against the Packers.
What a class act Barry is!
Barry - 'I ALWAYS STAYED AWAY FROM Reggie" Smart man
I love seeing the humility of great players
LT really said scrap the run n shoot just pay the dealer lol
The classiest player that ever played in the NFL. He is one of my favorite human beings and that distinction has nothing to do with football.
Honestly how many 2000 yard seasons would Barry have had if he had the cowboys o-line 😳
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.
I’m a Packer fan and I truly miss watching this guy play. Legend.
Barry is so humble you have to pull his teeth to get him to allude that he may have juked someone.
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.
LT himself said he considers Reggie the GOAT
Look up nfl 100 defensive ends
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 sanders is the most under rated running back in the history of football and he is still the goat.