Mississippi Neck wrote:And if Barry had lost his game. the Lions would have cut him in a heartbeat. Welcome to professional sports...and uh, real life, fellas. Your employer doesnt owe you shit (read the employee handbook..) and you dont owe him shit either. Most professionally employed people working for a corp can be fired in an instant for any and no reason..
Truer words never spoken.
Sanders is quite possibly my all-time favorite player to watch(or maybe second to Montana). That said, the Lions shouldn't have sued him for part of his signing bonus -- they should have sued him for those 857 missed blocks in his career. I HATE agreeing with mvscal, but that guy pretty much represented everything that was wrong with the modern athlete. Barry cared about one thing -- Barry.
Hey, remember that one time when Barry picked up that blitz, and it allowed his future HoF QB that extra time it took to make that huge play downfield that eventually made the Lion's playoff run happen?
Yeah, I don't remember that either. The RB position is about more than just dancing around looking cool and making the highlight reel. Barry "I Don't Block" Sanders just never understood this, because he just wasn't a "team" guy. Ever. A true matador of the RB world. I don't recall ever seeing Sweetness or Marshall, Marshall, Marshall (speaking of guys I dig on teams I hate) hanging their QB out to dry so as to avoid breaking a fingernail. If Barry didn't have the ball in his hands, he was easily the worst player in the NFL.
On topic -- these days, I think that Jeremy Shockey is the best TE in the game. And I hate the Giants (and Hurricanes).
And how Kevin Mawae doesn't get more love for his years of amazing play is beyond me. I guess centers just don't ever get any recognition.