The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... avoid between Thursday night NFL and college football on ABC, has already referred to Lewis as a “Barry Sanders clone.” Just take the good with the bad and we’ll make it through this together.
Music City Miracles (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... That's nearly double the 20% NFL average, and it's on pace to break the Lions ' 38% record, set by Barry Sanders & Co. in 1997. CJ wants to be in the MVP discussion so badly he's vowing to launch his own 'campaign' . My bet is Paul K is right on this one: a QB will get the MVP while CJ might have a better shot at the Offensive Player of the Year Award. Follow us through the jump...
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... way. Change came in 1998 because of what happened with that '97 MVP vote, when Brett Favre and Barry Sanders tied for the honor -- the AP poll is the one officially recognized by the NFL . They wouldn't have tied if we'd waited until after the final game, when Sanders rushed for 184 yards to single-handedly get the Lions into the playoffs (yes, kiddies, Detroit actually has...
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... way. Change came in 1998 because of what happened with that '97 MVP vote, when Brett Favre and Barry Sanders tied for the honor -- the AP poll is the one officially recognized by the NFL . They wouldn't have tied if we'd waited until after the final game, when Sanders rushed for 184 yards to single-handedly get the Lions into the playoffs (yes, kiddies, Detroit actually has...
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... way. Change came in 1998 because of what happened with that '97 MVP vote, when Brett Favre and Barry Sanders tied for the honor -- the AP poll is the one officially recognized by the NFL . They wouldn't have tied if we'd waited until after the final game, when Sanders rushed for 184 yards to single-handedly get the Lions into the playoffs (yes, kiddies, Detroit actually has...
Cincy Jungle (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... Lions played the Bengals in Cincinnati, the Lions beat the Bengals 19-13 behind a 151-yard day by Barry Sanders. ONE NOTABLE : Cincinnati's own Thom Brennaman is scheduled to broadcast Sunday's game. Cincinnati Bengals With a win, Marvin Lewis (54-53-1) will tie the legendary Paul Brown (55-59-1) for the second most wins in franchise history. Sam Wyche has 64 wins. Bengals look to...
Buc 'Em (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... great game that you never got to see.... Watch the Bucs take on the 81 Chargers and Dan Fouts. Or Barry Sanders, Billy Sims, Walter Payton. Check out Joe Montana, Randall Cunningham, Randy Moss in is first game, Dan Marino, John Elway.... You can even request other players or teams you want to see the Bucs play against, or games your favorite player does well in, or situational games;...
PaulKatcher (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... from one 18-ppg, 7-rpg guy to another. Think less MLB and more NFL, where you can argue what Barry Sanders would have done with Emmitt Smith's offensive mates or why a shutdown corner shouldn't be measured solely by INTs, because fewer balls come his way. Simmons' book mentions a site called 82games.com as a resource for the new age of sports numbers crunching. I went over there and...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Running back surpassed Barry Sanders for yards in November — and could approach mark for total yards in a season.
Football news from a chick™ (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... the Houston Oilers, and Dickerson matched him in 1984. The second-year running back already passed Barry Sanders for the best November rushing the ball in the NFL since the merger with the AFL in 1970. He needed 55 yards coming into Sunday's game to pass Sanders. Stats Writer,CK0712 Wikio
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Chris Johnson is chasing Eric Dickerson and Barry Sanders in the NFL record book. He hopes he doesn't catch O.J. Simpson along the way.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
The Detroit Lions announced last week the creation of a new display at Ford Field to be called ``The Pride of the Lions,'' a team mini-Hall of Fame that opened for viewing with a dozen charter members from the Lions' mostly long-ago glorious past, names such as quarterback Bobby Layne, defensive back Lem Barney and running back Barry Sanders, among others.
Tennessee Titans (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... the Houston Oilers, and Dickerson matched him in 1984.The second-year running back already passed Barry Sanders for the best November rushing the ball in the NFL since the merger with the AFL in 1970. He needed 55 yards coming into Sunday's game to pass Sanders.Johnson has rushed for 800 yards in November, the most by a player in a calendar month since 1970.
SBS - The Business of The NFL (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... looking for Scott Mitchell – for stealing that money that should’ve gone to getting Barry Sanders some real help!) During the Indianapolis Colts’ 17-15 win against Baltimore in yesterday’s 1:00 PM ET game, wide receiver REGGIE WAYNE (76 catches through 10 games) and DALLAS CLARK (65) combined for eight catches, establishing a record of 141 combined catches...
