1990-10-14 Detroit Lions vs Kansas City Chiefs(Sanders vs Word)

[@phuebner45]

Lions absolutely wasted Sanders' career....

[@skimpreza]

If I were calling the plays, if I wasn't running the ball with Barry Sanders I would have been throwing to him. He just gobbled up huge yards on every pass play!

[@Odawg96]

Great days! Man, the Chiefs had a ridiculous amount of talent in the backfield even BEFORE the arrivals of Harvey Williams and Marcus Allen. The offense was a perfect compliment to the play-action passing of Steve Deberg. It was just downright unfair that Chiefs had a BULL of a back in Okoye while having another in Barry Word who could spell him. That had to be MURDER on opposing defenses.

[@tedgrowney8981]

Went to this game. 18 carries, 200 yards. damn

[@kinginanorth]

I mean both Barry's went over 200 total yards for the game Word with 200 yards and Sanders with 225 and both with 2 TDs.

[@brianbachmeier34]

James Wilder was a solid RB for the Buccaneers from 1981-1989.

[@tennaj1367]

Can you imagine if Barry Sanders played for a good organization /ownership! He was wasted by the Lions! And I'm from Detroit!! Smh

[@Says_me]

I have to agree with that. They insisted on being a run-and-shoot team, but never got a QB who could really fuel that scheme. And while they were at it, they never really integrated Sanders into the scheme. For the most part there was the passing game and a separate Barry running game.

[@tonyhendricks9511]

This was no kidding the day I became a chiefs fan! Barry Word!!!!

[@delerocky]

I was at that game and remember the shock of our great defense giving up 2 quick TDs to Barry Sanders and then being amazed by the Chiefs' explosion of points to come back and win with Barry Word's emergence in this game. Back in those days if the Chiefs fell behind by 10 points or more they usually lost. That's what made this performance amazing to me.

[@phuebner45]

2:09 Damn! Sanders is fast!

[@J3GS1]

I remember this game as a kid playing Nintendo and turning to channel 2. Everytime i turned to the channel i see Okoye running over my lions. But didn't know Word destroyed us that bad. But this was the game i knew Christian Okoye forever 😆

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

In the Barry Bowl, Barry had the final Word.

[@semajecollins9670]

We forget how much of a problem Okoye was he was a load and was fast as hell

[@aaronwalls6738]

2:00 Sanders magic 😆

[@bunkerarchie6881]

It says sanders vs word. But they keep playing okoye.

[@timlevis3630]

Poor Barry Sanders,every play running for his life.

[@thebestchannel5456]

That's what made him The Greatest hell...

[@Says_me]

Never mind the pro bowl linemen he had in front of him.

[@chrisstyleslive7933]

We get revenge for this loss TONIGHT! 🦁

[@a2rons213]

This game was notable as a lions fan because it was the only game they made a concerted effort to get Sanders the ball through the air. I have no idea why they didn't look at the results and make that a staple of the offense.

[@brettfavre4226]

Honestly don’t know why they didn’t do the screen and option plays more with Sanders or even send him to the flat. Dude had the hands and was deadly in open space 1 V 1. Andy Reid would have eaten that for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

[@bryanv7043]

Before the game became the control of gambling.

[@lousanto1054]

(Barry) WORD UP!

[@zabercrombie24]

That's growing up in the mid-90s as a running back in high school and a very big Barry Sanders Detroit Lions plus Kansas City Chiefs fan this is hard to watch cuz when they played I didn't know who to root for LOL

[@karlc2869]

Who are the CBS announcers?

[@classicsports5057]

Nessler and Dan Jiggetts

[@karlc2869]

@@classicsports5057 Ok.

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

Brad Nessler and Dan Jiggetts on the call.

[@brettfavre4226]

Chiefs had the best defense in football during the 90s and Barry Sanders sliced through them like bread and a knife. 2:00 and 5:20 are prime examples. Unreal speed.

[@joshuadunham4796]

“Chiefs had the best defense in football during the 90s” ???

[@michaelbglovier1116]

Yep same old Lion's. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ericsoley2721]

Who's on the call 4 CBS?

[@jwp1002steel]

Brad Nessler and Dan Jiggetts on the call.

[@classicsports5057]

Yep Nessler worked at CBS for 1990 and 1991 before going to ESPN which eventually merged with ABC Sports. Now he's back on CBS for college football.

[@mikebell6513]

Mouse Davis and the "run and shoot" offence. Fun but flawed.

[@MarsRacingNetwork]

Flawed in what way?

[@Odawg96]

MarsRacingNetwork Well to be fair, the issue was that there were fewer blockers for the RB...no fullback and no tight end. Once Detroit moved to a more conventional and balanced offense, the whole offense was more potent and Sanders even ran for 2,000 yards. In their case, the later Lions made use of three wideouts (Herman Moore, Brett Perriman and Johnny Morton) and a TE or FB as the situation dictated. As much as people like to criticize those 90s Lions teams, for a couple seasons, they had one of the most potent offenses in the NFL after they dumped the run-and-shoot. The bottom line is that the run-and-shoot is a pass-oriented offense, and Barry Sanders was the only RB so had any extended success in it. That’s primarily because he was a once-in-a-lifetime back. The other teams that used it at the time, the Oilers and Falcons (both teams coached by Jerry Glanville, coincidentally) had potent passing games, but erratic ground games. No run-and-shoot team (or “spread offense” as they call it today) has won a championship. The closest we ever saw to it was Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf”...and that owed more to Don “Air” Coryell than the run-and-shoot.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

No Lions team in the last 30 years has gone as far as the Run & Shoot team of 1991. That offense massacred the Cowboys in the playoffs and made it to the NFC Finals against a very strong Redskins team. I suspect coach Wayne Fontes feared for his job (he was known for that) and didn't want Mouse Davis getting too much credit. The Lions scrapped the offense quickly despite having drafted Ware.

[@richardsalzer8247]

Bob Galiano was solid, but Erik Kramer better a yr later. Gagliano started in 81 w Cheifs.