Off topic but..
I'm watching the documentary on Barry Sanders, one of my favorite players, ever, in any sport. So humble, how humble? He didn't want to win the Heisman and was a bit embarrassed, Rodney Pete's words, that he did win.
Any way, in it there is a shot of him talking with one of his former head coaches with the Lions, Wayne Fontes. Both of them are old now and reminiscent of their day. Fontes says, ya know kid, if we only had a quarterback back our day, we would have won a few championships. Barry chuckles and agrees. Then Fontes drops what I consider a bomb shell.
Back then, SanFran had cut loose Joe Montana, in favor of Steve Young. Fontes says Joe actually called him and said he would love to play for the Lions and with Barry.
Fontes was over the moon, hung up and called his GM, who said: forget it, Joe is too old...
Joe went on to KC and took them to the playoffs.
Fontes says to the GM, how about Warren Moon, he too would like to play here, same answer from the GM, too old
Moon went to Houston and was an all pro for a few years.
Barry was shocked to hear that and they both laughed.
Why dis Barry retire so young? So close to the all time record?
He never says other than, it was time.
My feeling, after watching it, he didn't want the record, he didn't want the attention from breaking the record, nor to take the record away from Walter.
It's a great documentary, in the Amazon plus ap if ya have it.
I guess the point I'm making is, we, the fans, never know the entire reason for a signing or, for not making a signing, was it the coach, the gm, both or neither, maybe the owner...