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[NPR Interview] Why did Barry Sanders walk away from the NFL in his prime? (www.npr.org)

submitted 2 years ago by zsreport@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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[–] BurgessFox@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A 30 year old RB bellcow who had played over 150 games is hardly walking away from the game early.

Sure he could have gone on a season or two more but for what? He didn't need to do anything else to secure his HoF legacy. He wasn't going to win a ring playing a couple more years at the Lions.

[–] dmelt01@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

A couple more seasons and he probably holds the all time record and Emmitt Smith never passes him. Smith finished with about 3k more yards playing five more seasons. The last 3 being in Arizona where he was recording lower numbers but he was a draw for fans because of the record. If Barry was up in the 18k range when Emmitt is let go by the Cowboys the Cardinals probably dont pick him up.