A different era for sure. I can make this short and simple.
I believe the current common career average for running backs in the NFL is around 3 years. That’s just the modern statistics.
Barry Sanders played 10 seasons.
It just makes me chuckle, because Barry gave us a whole decade… and it wasn’t good enough.
I even fudged the numbers a bit. The numbers are more like 2.5 years.
A different mindset at the time. The general feeling among a lot of fans and personalities that this was an act of betrayal.
As a younger fan, I’m more amazed that he played 10 full seasons with the same team.