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.

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    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.