by Arlos » Wed May 17, 2006 2:54 pm
Actually, Sanders was faster. His pro day workout in College, he was running late from an awards ceremony, got there, threw on a pair of sweats, stretched for just a minute or two, then went out and threw down a 4.37 40. Bush, in carefully prepared conditions & situation, had a 4.4.
Barry was actually pretty short, but he was built like a tank. Gah, you gotta wonder what his numbers would be if he'd played on a real team. Against the Lions, Defenses would put 9 men up in the box and STILL couldn't stop him.
I dunno if Barry really had bad hands or not, to be honest. The way the Lions offense was designed, they almost never used their RBs as pass catchers. I don't recall him as being at all bad at it when they DID throw him the ball, though. Who knows, you put him in the 49ers offense where Roger Craig got 1500 rushing & 1000 receiving, and Barry might've had 2000/1000. (Egad, can you imagine that team? Montana, Rice & Taylor at WR, Jones at TE & Sanders? /faint)
I don't doubt Bush will be good, or even great. I just don't know that he'll be as "Great" as even LT, much less Barry Sanders.
-Arlos