Barry Sanders reacts to Bill Belichick’s ‘biggest problem’ remarks

The 2024 NFL Draft was held in Detroit this weekend and one of the city’s greatest sports dignitaries, Hall-of-Famer Barry Sanders, was among those to take in the sights and sounds. Sanders spoke on a panel with former New England Patriots and New York Giants coaching star Bill Belichick during the festivities and received one whale of a compliment from the six-time Super Bowl champion.

The compliment came amid a daring and bold Lions NFL Draft weekend trade that netted Dan Campbell’s team a star cornerback from the SEC Conference. Rap star Eminem invited NFL greats out to the downtown Detroit stage for introductions in front of hundreds of thousands of screaming fans.

The boisterous and exciting weekend was punctuated by Belichick’s comments, which were incredibly complimentary of the former Lions star.

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Belichick took the floor and spoke with candor, honor and grace as Sanders listened intently. According to Belichick, the New York Giants had to adopt an entirely new gameplans to contain Sanders, one that included listing every single defender as the “point of attack” on the field, even ‘left side cornerbacks’ on a running play to the right side of the field. Belichick and the Giants’ gameplans were a testament to Sanders’ ability to run from one side of the field to the other without breaking a sweat, leaving defenders at every level of the defense gasping for air.