beardown3231 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbear72 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Very sad news. I have met him on several occasions and he was always nice to me (I went to school with his son, Tim). I Bears and overall football legend. RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Best open field runner I've ever seen. RIP Gale. Now you and Brian Piccolo can share the backfield together again. He's been waiting a long time for this day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Reminder that everybody dies. Or these bodies die anyway. Sometimes celebrity deaths remind of us of that for a short time. For most, I think, realization of reality and inevitablity of death gets really real when you start attending multiple funerals of friends and contemporaries and siblings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Sayers was so amazing in his relatively short career that he still made HOF. Very few people can say that. Brians Song is one of best sports movies ever. For a drama anyway. 99% of men cry during that movie. It would be a funny and touching YouTube video to film various tough guys balling while watching the sad scenes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowler1215 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Sad to hear. I never saw him play, but was one of the best. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I doubt his ability to avoid tackles and his open field gracefulness has ever been matched.....He and Peyton were undoubtedly two of the best RB's to ever play the game....And when he hung up his cleats, he said he wanted more to be remembered as a good human being than a good athlete....RIP Gale 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 33 minutes ago, 40Year Pack Fan said: I doubt his ability to avoid tackles and his open field gracefulness has ever been matched.....He and Peyton were undoubtedly two of the best RB's to ever play the game....And when he hung up his cleats, he said he wanted more to be remembered as a good human being than a good athlete....RIP Gale I think he is behind Barry Sanders in elusiveness as is everyone else, probably forever, but he was amazing all the same in his own ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike90 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Terrible news about a true Bears' legend...we will never see such an elegant runner again...I also think tributes have to be paid to the man and not just the player...a leader in his community and the business world he seemed a true gentleman who had overcome the bitterness of having what would have been an amazing career cut short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 45 minutes ago, dll2000 said: I think he is behind Barry Sanders in elusiveness as is everyone else, probably forever, but he was amazing all the same in his own ways. Perhaps so, but I would say he (Sayers) was the best pure runner at the position.....Hence the nickname Kansas Comet.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, dll2000 said: I think he is behind Barry Sanders in elusiveness as is everyone else, probably forever, but he was amazing all the same in his own ways. Completely different kind of elusiveness. Barry was another human joy stick type like Cohen and he also had many carries for negative yardage. Sayers was elusive like a deer running through the woods never having a need to slow or break stride even when cutting at nearly a 90 degree angle. He was smooth as silk and very fast. Once he broke free no one caught him from behind. Sanders was an all world RB but couldn't do all of what Sayers could. He still leads the NFL in average yardage per KOR scoring on both kick and punt returns, screen passes, and IIRC threw 6 TD passes in his career as well. threw 1 TD pass as well. As great as Barry Sanders was he was not the complete player Gale Sayers was. JMHO Correction: It was 6 KOR TDs not TD passes. Also 2 PR TDs and all 8 in his first three seasons. Edited September 24, 2020 by soulman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 54 minutes ago, soulman said: Completely different kind of elusiveness. Barry was another human joy stick type like Cohen and he also had many carries for negative yardage. Sayers was elusive like a deer running through the woods never having a need to slow or break stride even when cutting at nearly a 90 degree angle. He was smooth as silk and very fast. Once he broke free no one caught him from behind. Sanders was an all world RB but couldn't do all of what Sayers could. He still leads the NFL in average yardage per KOR scoring on both kick and punt returns, screen passes, and IIRC threw 6 TD passes in his career as well. As great as Barry Sanders was he was not the complete player Gale Sayers was. JMHO In the 1994 playoffs, GB held BS to minus one rushing yards on thirteen carries... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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