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Meet the new Barry Sanders....... Tiki Barber?
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During a promotional book tour in Manhattan, Barber said he was “leaning toward” retiring, and that he had “pretty much” made up his mind. Asked what would force him to reconsider, he said, “Nothing.”

 

A star running back in his prime hanging it up.  I smell Barry Sanders II.

 

(NY Times) Giants' Barber says he is making his retirement plans

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barry wasnt in his prime when he hung up the cleats
 
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kornerdesign wrote:
barry wasnt in his prime when he hung up the cleats
Ahhhh but he wasn't slowing up either. Kept posting consistant numbers. Yeah he was still in his prime.
 
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RUSHING RECEIVING
YR TEAM G ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS AVG TD
1989 Detroit 15 280 1470 5.3 14 24 282 11.8 0
1990 Detroit 16 255 1304 5.1 13 36 480 13.3 3
1991 Detroit 15 342 1548 4.5 16 41 307 7.5 1
1992 Detroit 16 312 1352 4.3 9 29 225 7.8 1
1993 Detroit 11 243 1115 4.6 3 36 205 5.7 0
1994 Detroit 16 331 1883 5.7 7 44 283 6.4 1
1995 Detroit 16 314 1500 4.8 11 48 398 8.3 1
1996 Detroit 16 307 1553 5.1 11 24 147 6.1 0
1997 Detroit 16 335 2053 6.1 11 33 305 9.2 3
1998 Detroit 16 343 1491 4.3 4 37 289 7.8 0
TOTALS 153 3,062 15,269 5 99 352 2,921 8.3 10
 
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I wouldn't neccessarily compare Tiki to Barry ... Barber has had a good 3 years now. Barry had about 10.

But nonetheless, I think it's a smart move. Barry is enjoying a healthy life after football and Tiki would like to do the same. Have you seen the videos of Jerome Bettis walking after games?
 
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kornerdesign wrote:
RUSHING RECEIVING
YR TEAM G ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS AVG TD
1989 Detroit 15 280 1470 5.3 14 24 282 11.8 0
1990 Detroit 16 255 1304 5.1 13 36 480 13.3 3
1991 Detroit 15 342 1548 4.5 16 41 307 7.5 1
1992 Detroit 16 312 1352 4.3 9 29 225 7.8 1
1993 Detroit 11 243 1115 4.6 3 36 205 5.7 0
1994 Detroit 16 331 1883 5.7 7 44 283 6.4 1
1995 Detroit 16 314 1500 4.8 11 48 398 8.3 1
1996 Detroit 16 307 1553 5.1 11 24 147 6.1 0
1997 Detroit 16 335 2053 6.1 11 33 305 9.2 3
1998 Detroit 16 343 1491 4.3 4 37 289 7.8 0
TOTALS 153 3,062 15,269 5 99 352 2,921 8.3 10
1 year removed from 2,000 ... I still call that his prime. 1491 yards would win the rushing title during a few seasons.
 
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still i dont look total yards since he was their horse most of the time, his average down to 4.3 only 4 tds on the season. its good, and better than most, but to me not prime
 
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still i dont look total yards since he was their horse most of the time, his average down to 4.3 only 4 tds on the season. its good, and better than most, but to me not prime
you may recall that Lions team was atrocious with a bad offensive line. Hence the TDs and Avg. That had a lot to do with his retirement.
 
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still i dont look total yards since he was their horse most of the time, his average down to 4.3 only 4 tds on the season. its good, and better than most, but to me not prime
His average went down 1.8 YPC from his best year to his worst year.  Saying it went down to 4.3 is a little misleading. 4.3 YPC would be a great number for any running back. 
 
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I don't see anything wrong with players wanting to  retire early. Maybe they lost the love for the game, maybe they want to get out while they can still walk upright...

Barry was in his prime when he retired and everyone blasts him for it. I don't get it.

Jim Brown also retired in his prime.
 
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I don't see anything wrong with players wanting to  retire early. Maybe they lost the love for the game, maybe they want to get out while they can still walk upright...

Barry was in his prime when he retired and everyone blasts him for it. I don't get it.

Jim Brown also retired in his prime.
And Emmit waited too long...lol
 
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And Emmit waited too long...lol
OMG Nothing more true could ever be said! About 4 years too long. lol
 
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how can u quit when u only need one more TD for 100??? f-in Barry Sanders.

 

if Tiki retires Ill be very upset but I think it is more or less an attempt to motivate his team.

 

even tho he says he doesnt care about a SB ring I know for a fact he does. Its the only thing Ronde has on him and they have been in competition with one another since they were kids.
 
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how can u quit when u only need one more TD for 100??? f-in Barry Sanders.

 

if Tiki retires Ill be very upset but I think it is more or less an attempt to motivate his team.

 

even tho he says he doesnt care about a SB ring I know for a fact he does. Its the only thing Ronde has on him and they have been in competition with one another since they were kids.

Barry never cared about any personal records.

I remember one year, the last game of the year and Dallas had finished their last game and Emmit was only a couple yeards ahead of barry for the rushing title, Fontes asked barry if he wanted one more rush to get the record and Barry declined saying (The backup, don't remember his name offhand) that he's practiced every day like him and he should play the 4th quarter.

He was a class act.