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20 Years Ago, Barry Sanders Turned Lions Fans On From Carry No. 1
Published: September 12, 2009
And the fate of a franchise tilted and swayed.
Would he, or wouldn’t he?
The Detroit Lions, 20 years ago last spring, became the beneficiaries of one of the most boneheaded, outlandish, and just plain stupid draft day moves—or non-moves—in league history.
Imagine—the Lions, taking advantage of someone else’s egregious personnel error.
But it happened, royally.
The Lions, with the third pick of the ’89 draft, prayed to the football gods that the jitterbug running back Barry Sanders, from Oklahoma State, would still be on the board. Only two teams would have to pass him up, and one of them—the Dallas Cowboys—seemed hellbent on selecting QB Troy Aikman with the No. 1 choice overall.
That left the Green Bay...
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