lol, you mean Touchdown Tommy Vardell? He couldn't get it done either. Nobody could have on that Lions team, and nobody did. Poor Barry had to run like a chicken to get yardage at all. I'm sure the dude would have loved to have had bus sized holes like Emmitt had, but it just wasn't gonna happen on that team man.
If you watched Barrys entire carear, you would know the decision of putting in Vardell was dumb, and people, announcers, media used to get so upset. The coach for those years tried to blame Barry because they couldn't create a hole at the goal line. Sad news is, it had nothing to do with Barry. When running at the goal line you either need a hole or a 250 LB bruiser. Emmitt had a hole with the greatest line in NFL history on any greatest line countdown.
I would call 99 TD's in 10 years on those Lions teams getting it done well personally.
BTW-Barry has 19 awards, that is tied for the best in the game man. This is in 10 years vs Rices 18 or so, vs Emmitt's 14-15, etc?You should argue why he isn't number one or two all time over everyone(besides Rice) since he has the best stats and tied best awards then anyone in Modern day NFL football history, and did it in only 10 years. Think it was a fluke Sanders broke so many runs? Llook what he did in college. Nobody has had a better career in college as Sanders either on any all time list you can watch.
Look at Walter Payton and Barry Sanders receiving yards. Both averaged better then Smith per game. People like to think Smith was a great receiver, and he was, but check out the other two. Barry averaged better through his career receiving then smith(I believe TD receiving also). Imagine what Barry would have done with Aikman instead of those Clowns he had throwing to him. Paytons receiving was incredible