Reggie Bush vs. Barry Sanders. (The way I see it)

MLU said

Barry started running into the HOF on his first carry. There was no period of adjustment. Barry played in a single back set with no TE and no FB for most of his career behind a dilapidated O-Line and Lomas Brown. Despite a career facing those uphil struggles he is undoubtably the greatest runningback to ever play the game.

Reggie has a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong (<---emphasis on the long) way to go before he's in the same class as Barry Sanders.

What they most share in common is their character and off-the-field class. Both reached out to their communities and did so without calling a press conference to do so. It just so happens that with Reggie the press follows him everywhere he goes.

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I knew that this would get misinterpreted.

Barry is Barry. Reggie is Reggie.

Never said Reggie is the equivalent of Barry.

If you are as big of a Sanders fan as I am- (108 personally collected football cards. One Autographed. Video taped every game that was ever aired of him Since Thanksgiving 91 {which sadly I lost most of during the storm. 7 feet of water on my Street. Still have the cards because they followed me to LSU and some VCR tapes}). Bought his autobiography the first day it came out. And was personally po'ed when Mario Bates had a better day then he did in the dome. (forgive me, I was young).

But as I was saying. If you are as big a Sanders fan as i am, there is no way you can argue that Barry pounded into the line. My mom loved him for that reason. She never, and still doesn't understand why someone would run into a pile full of people. This is the one attribute that Reggie and Barry share. They dont run into piles, they search for space.

So yes, I know all about Barry's first carry being an 18 yard gain against the Cardinals (Man I wish i had a smile to insert here)