Emmit Smith a Starter Again...

[Hogskin]

I agree Barry Sanders was much more exciting to watch. But I have to disagree about Barry being better than Emmitt. Certainly from a team perspective, anyway. The reason I say this?

- Barry Sanders LOST more yardage on more plays AND a higher percentage of plays than ANY other back ever. That very often hurt the team. It was very exciting watching him run back trying to get big yardage instead of 1 or 2 yards gained. When he lost yards, it very often killed the drive.

- Emmitt almost always went forward, and consistently got what the team needed.

- I have many customers from the Detroit area. THEY - to a man - expressed openly after Sanders retirement, that they hoped he would not return. Of course, new coaching and management came in and totally screwed the team anyway, so it did not matter. But what impressed me was that so many diehard Lions fans did not feel he was good for the team.

But, that said, I would still rather watch Barry Sanders or Gayle Sayers run that ANYONE I have seen (except, of course, my all-time fav: the Diesel).