Was Barry Sanders The Best Ever?  

Dont watch foot ball since I was a teen and that was along time ago when Joe Montana was a good player lol

Nope. He only played 5 years. He is not even the top rusher in NFL history. They were others who had longer careers and contributed more to their team success. Now granted, Sanders played for the Lions so he could only do so much for the team. But, even people who played for not great teams contributed more than he did, not just rushing but in helping the team win. And they stuck around.

Fine, Barry decided he didn't want to play football anymore. His business. At least he didn't stick around just to get a record. But, it is still something to be considered when determinng his NFL legacy.

He could have been THE best ever had he not retired early, but looking at his body of work he was ONE of the best ever. When you talk of Barry Sanders, the first thing that comes to mind are his electrifying runs downfield, and his ability to make tackles miss. We often forget that he does have a lot of rush attempts for losses, and that he played behind a DECENT(it could be BAD on some people's perspective, but I give it a decent rating at best) O line. Not to mention some terrible QBs during his time.

Now had he played behind an O line half as great as the one in Dallas during Emmitt's time, and a QB half as great as Troy Aikman, I definitely will say he is THE BEST ever, early retirement or not :-).

barry sanders was indescribable. He just... you know he... he ran. he scored. He left to early. Extremely talented and one of the few heisman winning success stories.

Barry Sanders was simply the best. He only played 10 years and he was second only to Walter Payton who played 13. Paytons record was like 16,700 something, and Barry had like 15,000 something when he retired. One more year and he wouldve broke the record. It took Emmit 14 seasons to break it with like 17,000. Barry just tore defenses apart. Best ever.