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Originally Posted by Dmpsix
Jim Brown easy top 1 or 2. I threw Barry Sanders in there because well... the Lions, then again... Jim Brown well... the Browns LOL
Barry Sanders was a one man show there in Detroit and retired in his prime, so that leaves a lot of "What if(s)??) in his legacy... I do gotta give Jim Brown all the credit in the world.
I watched his "All American" documentary and that left me with chills. What an amazing human being that guy was.
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Jim Brown retired in his prime also, in a salary dispute with Art Modell. The Lions always paid Barry well, every contact he signed, made him the highest paid running back in the game. He left because after ten years the Lions weren't any closer to the SUPERBOWL than when he showed up. Yes that's the Lions legacy, one playoff victory in the Super Bowl era. Barry was part of that one victory, 38-6 over the Cowboys in 91.