Sanders believed he would get to Super Bowl with Lions
Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders said Monday that he felt certain he would one day play in the Super Bowl with the Detroit Lions.
The closest Sanders got, though, was the NFC championship game, a 41-10 loss at Washington following the 1991 season.
"It's a little disappointing (not playing in the Super Bowl), especially since I played for 10 years and my third year we were one game away," Sanders told Doug Karsch and Scott Anderson on 97.1 FM. "I assumed if you play long enough, that in another year or so we'd be playing in the Super Bowl. To see other teams from the division make it to the Super Bowl made it very disappointing."
Sanders said he never seriously considered coming back after he retired on the eve of the 1999 season. He did joke around when asked if he could still play.
"It depends on which team," said Sanders, who will turn 40 in July. "I don't think I could take over for LaDainian Tomlinson, I don't think I could move him out. There's some teams where I could come in on a limited basis."
When asked what he would tell Lions owner William Clay Ford Sr. if the owner asked for his advice on the team, Sanders replied, "In the business of football I can't say I know more about it than the next guy. I think everything starts up front (offensive line) and you build from there."
As for Sunday's game between the Patriots and Giants, Sanders predicted that the "Patriots will barely squeeze by."
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