(August 21, 2015 at 3:53 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Meh. It's hard to really blame the fans after the way the front office treated him, but I guess there is some share to go around. It was just sad to see a team with such a talented guy and still no-one feared them. Sure, Barry could break of 250 and three touches, but the Lions would still lose 31-21. I was surprised that he retired when he did (still had a bit in the tank) but I was more surprised he retired a Lion.
That's just it. The Lions wouldn't let him out of his contract. He wanted to go to a new team to see what he could do on a team with an actual offensive line and have the chance of winning a Super Bowl, and that's why Detroit fans were so pissed. Sanders was done with Lions as an organzation, and since he couldn't play for another team, he decided to retire.
A lot of Detroit fans hated him for it, but I wondered why it took him seven seasons to try to leave.
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