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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 451006" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I didn't have a problem with either Jim Brown or Barry Sanders retiring when they did. (And not just because they weren't Packers.) IMO the Lions organization let down Sanders more than he quit on them. If he had just lost his love for the game I applaud him for not "stealing" money from the Lions or just playing to break the record. He was a classy player and he's remained a classy person IMO. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Jim Brown is the best RB I ever saw play. The only criticism I have of him retiring when he did was later in life he complained about his record being broken. IMO that was counterproductive because many fans still consider Brown the GOAT RB. For example, Emmitt Smith was a great RB but in spite of his holding the record, I don't include him in the GOAT discussion.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">A (perhaps) interesting fact about Smith was he was picked #17 in the first round of the 1990 draft. The story later came out that the 'boys jumped ahead of the Packers who had targeted Smith. The Packers had picks #18 and #19 in the first round (LB Tony Bennett and RB Darrell Thompson). Combine that with the Packers "bad luck" in winning one too many games in the 1988 season and ending up with Tony Mandarich instead of Troy Aikman. No one knows what would have happened later (would Ron Wolf have been hired for example) but the packers came this close (hold your thumb and finger about a quarter-inch apart) from acquiring both Aikman and Smith… </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 451006, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma]I didn't have a problem with either Jim Brown or Barry Sanders retiring when they did. (And not just because they weren't Packers.) IMO the Lions organization let down Sanders more than he quit on them. If he had just lost his love for the game I applaud him for not "stealing" money from the Lions or just playing to break the record. He was a classy player and he's remained a classy person IMO. [/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]Jim Brown is the best RB I ever saw play. The only criticism I have of him retiring when he did was later in life he complained about his record being broken. IMO that was counterproductive because many fans still consider Brown the GOAT RB. For example, Emmitt Smith was a great RB but in spite of his holding the record, I don't include him in the GOAT discussion.[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]A (perhaps) interesting fact about Smith was he was picked #17 in the first round of the 1990 draft. The story later came out that the 'boys jumped ahead of the Packers who had targeted Smith. The Packers had picks #18 and #19 in the first round (LB Tony Bennett and RB Darrell Thompson). Combine that with the Packers "bad luck" in winning one too many games in the 1988 season and ending up with Tony Mandarich instead of Troy Aikman. No one knows what would have happened later (would Ron Wolf have been hired for example) but the packers came this close (hold your thumb and finger about a quarter-inch apart) from acquiring both Aikman and Smith… [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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