Barry Sanders Mini-Movie: Untouchable with the Ball!

from the 17 of minnesota barry again and look at sanders make moves he's not running he's floating he's gliding he's cruising he's stopping he's now cutting back and now he's gone he was one of the greatest players period one of those once in a generation kinds of players elusive doesn't begin to tell you what this guy could do sometimes you just gotta look to the heavens and say wow [Applause] it was like a symphony orchestra on a football field the way he could break you down it was like poetry in motion that one is a highlight reel special anytime the ball was in his hand you didn't want to miss it you did not want to miss what he could do it's a privilege to be one of the players that will will uh he'll restore the roar and the dome galiano hand off barry sanders left side sanders breaks the second down and 10 sanders big hole breaks a couple of tackles look out second down and two sanders huge run by barry sanders out near midfield [Applause] sanders touchdown the lions needed a franchise player and barry had that flash he had that ability to light a place up sanders plenty of running room 40 30. jerry sanders is still on his feet to the nine from a thousand oh what a move gash is in great position he steps too far and it's over another flag here in the late going here's sanders draw ran right around bubba baker four catches 116 on the day for him [Applause] sanders keeps plugging touchdown barry sanders broke three tackles there inside the 20 of chicago sanders touchdown [Applause] sanders has the first and then some barry sanders touchdown oh there it is again sanders going out to the right again and he will score again galliano drops it off to sanders [Music] oh he's at the 10. he's to the goal line he escapes thomas makes browner miss makes another move inside makes another defensive back miss and bounces into the end zone for the touchdown galliano throws short screen to sanders look out barry sanders and he might go touchdown detroit [Applause] sanders the ball carrier first down headed for paydirt touchdown detroit dennis smith on a blitz and then they throw right behind him to sanders on a screen touchdown oh my god back to brawl he hands off to sanders gets outside to the 30 25 20 spins to the 15 10 5. [Applause] mission breaks a tackle touchdown this is why he's the best running back in football there's a move there's a move there's a move he'll make about eight or nine moves on that he'll make six or seven guys miss barry is not a raw rock kind of a guy well i think his job spoke for himself you make eight people miss on one play do you really need to spike the ball boy what a great change of pace to see one of the greatest players in the game going to the end zone and act like he'd been there before i'm gonna turn around and humbly run back to the sideline sanders [Applause] and down the line handoff barry spins away from one tackle cuts back to the left side he's to the 20. he's to the 15 10. he's to the five barry sanders a spectacular touchdown run a rookie from purdue number 76 and sanders will score first down and more look out touchdown detroit cramer sanders touchdown from the 17 with minnesota salmon making room on his own and in the end zone you see barry sanders make the moves he makes on this run you know why this is the best running back if not the best player in the national football league on the afternoon for eric creamer with sanders and sanders first down touchdown who's going to vader touchdown detroit first and 10 from the 41. sanders and sanders blasting out and juking his way inside the 15 minnesota vikings third and five sanders guess what touchdown lions 219 yards on 22 carries four touchdowns what an afternoon for barry sanders [Applause] trying to tie this game up kramer the barry spencer touchdown lions wow we had a chance to get to the playoffs because we had barry sanders the absolute x factor of any football team that could bring you from the depths of despair to the height of joy in one carry it could be calm right now and a storm can happen in the next five minutes out of the way to barry off the right mary to the 45 and bumps to the 40. breaks it 35 30. he's gone unbelievable touchdown ryan's barry sanders six cowboys missed him where did he go which way did he go he's behind you tony every time we talk about barry we say that's the greatest run that's the greatest run that might have been the greatest run you think you got them tackled oh i mean that's by keeping your feet going and making sanders move i'm sitting like saying myself he made them like straight up fools the time i spent fantasizing about football and just dreaming up things that i wanted to do on the field certain times i almost felt like i could do anything he's the greatest running back international football today and is the one of the greatest i've seen in a long long time and as i sort of grew into being a running back there's a certain almost familiarity with it bears 43-yard line and it's larry sanders trying to take advantage of a slight opening and he breaks it and he'll go all the way touchdown detroit some things just deserve another look look at this can you imagine the ability the god-given talent that that takes second and one bouncing outside sanders foot race time for barry sanders and forget it touchdown i know we've got to tackle this guy one guy we can't depend on one got attacked pittsburgh as we begin the fourth quarter sanders touchdown detroit a 10-year man out of drake number 63. sanders rips through a hole sanders on the way to the end zone johnson the only man with a chance you get a chance to see that sanders through a big hole he's at the 20 131 yards rushing for sanders they give it to him again around the corner touchdown [Applause] and here is sanders of the draw sprint nobody's there he has time to throw the man wide open barry sanders one man to beat its carrier who saved the touchdown of the 33-yard line played three minutes here in pontiac he ran by a blitz he's running for a touchdown you ain't catching him and sanders somehow escapes and runs for the first down and a lot more second and ten handoff to sanders sanders has the first down and guess what gives that little stutter step another stutter step hesitation booth hits the corner see you wouldn't want to be here coleman 82 goes in motion to block the hand to sanders harry sanders you can catch him and get someone out of possession but [Applause] looks like he's [Applause] tolman again over and it's sanders looking for daylight sanders gets the corner barry sanders explodes barry sanders highlight reels are out of this world i was never the type of runner that could run straight through someone i always had to find another way to get around them mitchell down the line to berry cuts it back over the middle 35-30 explodes for the 25 breaks the tackle to the 20. he'll take it here's the touchdown lions barry sanders sanders [Applause] watch this he turns him completely around watch us here here goodbye hello where are you thank you cuts back in breaks a couple of tackles still on his feet sanders near midfield he's got more to block him sanders going outside dante jones can't get him either can anyone else and barry sanders wilfred is the only shot if he takes the right angle and wilford makes the play hornswoggle here's a handoff to sanders and he just skips away from tacklers and sanders is gone unless somebody can run him down and they can at about [Applause] there's that cutback mode [Applause] [Music] when you talk about the other great facts and certainly there are other great backs in this lake and thor all absolutely but barry sanders has never had the passing game to complement his running he has never had the great offensive line this guy is something else no he is the detroit lion craig hands to barry sanders touchdown and barry sanders kicks it outside big yards just watch the brilliance of this when god created barry sanders even he didn't know what he made there sanders up the middle about that 47-yard step you better add a few more touchdowns for sanders no flags he's amazing six times he has had runs of 60 or more yards the rest of the league only three six guys on each side of the ball sanders cut back has a little room outside here goes barry sanders touchdown detroit sanders off the left side barry stretches to the corner to the 10 to the five sanders takes it touchdown lions he got up off the turf possession for detroit harry sanders with a scene sanders with a cutback and sanders down the sideline one defeat touchdown play the barry sanders barry sanders they're gonna run a fake reverse barry keeps it look out far side 50 he's gone they'll never catch him what a 15-10 five touchdown lions oh man second down and one sanders finds a hole off the left side baron sanders will score for the line sanders turns the corner and has the touchdown sanders going to throw can't find anybody and barry throws back across to morton johnny morton everything is going right he can even throw the ball if you're not ready to play this guy can kill you because he's going to make you miss tackle he could freeze you and then beat you make you stop and while you were stopping to break down he was gone no one in the history of the game ever stopped and started in a different direction as quickly as barry did all of these defenders look like children trying to tackle this guy you couldn't believe that he was making these moves and making these nfl players look as bad as he did of the lions and again here's mitchell wide open as sanders he's amazing and there goes barry sanders touchdown will kill the lions here is sanders [Applause] touchdown unbelievable there is graphic evidence as to why you want to use perhaps the best running back in football they're going to hand it off to barry sanders touch back you believe that he made something out of absolutely nothing 10. and they give us to barry oh what he just put a move on reggie white sanders is he something as he shows a little muscle as he takes it into the end zone gives the berry first down breaks into the five touchdown lions detroit can't work that away down the field sanders on the change of direction sanders into the end zone from the draw to berry to the 50 40. when in doubt give it to barry oaks he's the best in the business barry sanders cut back over the middle got three to the 25 30s off to the races 40 midfield 40. it's a foot race straight ahead barry sanders bumps to the left side of the 10. barry switches hands to the five takes it in touchdown lions [Applause] quick sanders barry sanders inside the 20 inside the 10. highlight film style there's another miss that was bryant young mcdonald missed him twice dodge slid off of him and they were in the nickel defense i mean five defensive backs and barry sanders takes it all the way if he's not the greatest though the only one even close was jim brown you almost had to stop what you were doing just to see what bear is going to do because you know he was going to do something amazing to snap a five-game losing streak mitchell in trouble again gets out of it and he gets it away to barry sanders in the open field and look at sanders make moves now he has some blocking on the far side sanders maker touchdown detroit unbelievable they got the packers next week on fox barry sanders breaks it for the lions and here is barry sanders what a juke up the middle and barry sanders into tampa bay territory sanders at the 10 he'll score touchdown detroit john lynch was the unblocked man he came down from the safety position nobody touched him his jock strap is laying on about the 20-yard line here is barry sanders striking a tackle and barry sanders ran right past melvin johnson and it looks like he'll score how the heck did he turn that corner [Applause] he's by one defender inside the 10 touchdown could it be here yes and a lot more all the way the lions knew that he was their guy and they got him the opportunity to do his thing in space which is a smart thing and that's why 2000 yards was a possibility barry went on a streak of 14 consecutive games with 100 plus yards that's really tough to get two thousand yards i wanted it but i realized it is it's really tough mitchell gets to sanders and sanders got some room to operate barry sanders inside the 10 touchdown unbelievable can he accelerate sanders again shakes another barry sanders touched down his second of the day there he may have been a better runner but i have never seen him lead in here sanders again sanders will score his third of the day is absolutely amazing sanders gets the draw and room to roam for barry sanders and there he goes a foot race with fuller and from behind fuller's got him sanders on the draw longest run of the game and he's in the clear 40 30. and give it to sanders and it took until the final play of the third quarter but the curtain has finally raised on the barry sanders show sanders needs two for 2 000 and he's right about at two there there it is the linemen they're the ones who wanted the 2000 very didn't talk about it sanders is as modest as superstar as i have ever met in all of sport on second and eight he gets the call yard line 53 yards the longest against the jets defense all season everything that you teach about the position he just kind of crinkled up and threw out mitchell deep handoff to berry and he's not finding runner room there goes up the middle 40 50. 40 barry on a sprint 30 20. damn they'll never catch you touchdown lions barry sanders and barry is busting it up the middle that time he got a great black downfield from martin harry gets the call looking for room got it for the 40 to the right side 35 to the 30. it's a foot race to the 2015 to the 10. married to the five barry is filled at the one draw play they got a good block up front then boom barry breaks a couple tackles once he breaks those tackles it's over showing blitz inside harris drops back draw play to berry off the left of the 30. 35 40. he's off to the races 50 40 30. they'll never get him 20 10 5 touchdown lions barry sanders how about that 73 yards for barry sanders today i officially declare my departure from the nfl the reason i'm retiring is simple my desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it i just felt like i had run out of steam at that tenth year i just felt like that was my time that was it i had enough there's no doubt in any of our minds that barry would have been the all-time leading rusher i was within striking distance of the record it's a great record to have but to play only because of the record is something that i didn't have it in me to do we don't have footage of his decline he leaves behind just the highlight reel there hasn't been a second barry sanders there probably never will be someday you'll be able to say i saw the best running back in football ever

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Length: 21min 50sec (1310 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 22 2022