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Originally Posted by milkman
You two misunderstand me.
I am saying that he needed to run smart and not try to make things happen as often as he did.
He put his team in 2nd or 3rd and long situations more often than he made spectacular runs.
It's like a talented QB throwing interceptions under pressure.
Brett Favre would be in the discussion with Joe Montana as the greatest QB ever if he had played it smart more often.
How many times did he engineer last minute comebacks only after he put the Packers inposition to have to comeback with a stupid interception?
How many times did he fail to make those comebacks?
The Packers were better with Favre than without, as the Lions were better with Sanders than without.
But they could have been better with out the stupid mistakes.
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How many times did the Lions make it to the playoffs with Barry Sanders even though he didn't play it smart? Do you think he would have had near as many carries for loss if he played for the Cowboys during his playing years? With the cowboys line blowing open huge holes like they did? With the cowboys having a multi-dimensional attack that made defenders account for more than just the running back? It was said here earlier and I'll repeat it. He made chicken salad out of chicken shit. He had to try and fight for yardage because that's all the team had.