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Sanders holds him in just about every category, and was on a horrible team that just keyed on him
...People simply chose to not remember all the negative runs---
The negative runs don't matter when he averaged 5 yards per carry (versus Payton's 4.4). And Payton's average didn't change over his 3 last seasons, which were 3 more than Barry played.
Payton was relentless and he carried such a heavy workload especially early in his career. But then I look at their numbers and there's very little difference when it comes to attempts per game. I think Barry was better, but Sweetness was everything you want in a RB. I abstain.
Those who cite Barry's negative runs don't understand how math works. There's no other explanation. Every back has runs for a negative gain.
The Bears were 4 games > .500 Payton's first 5 full seasons and made the postseason twice. He was not a full time back his first season when they went 4-10. They weren't good but they were not terrible his first 6 seasons. After that they went 6-10 then Ditka was hired the strike shortened season and they were off & running after that. Payton's team's over they course of his career were not worse than Barry's by any objective measure. If anyone has a gripe about playing for crappy teams it's OJ.
Barry by a significant margin.