RIP Marion Barber

[boozeman]

 

[Genghis Khan]

Well shit. RIP.

 

[jsmith6919]

Shit he was only 38. RIP

 

[boozeman]

Shit he was only 38. RIP

Yeah, he had some troubles.

And it is pretty likely CTE was a contributing factor as much as he used his head on the field.

 

[data]

Fuck me. That’s sad.

Similar to Moose, I consider Barber one of those guys that true Cowboys fans would name as their favorite player.

It was known he suffered from bipolar, but, shit, dead.

I remember the clip of him playing the piano.

 

[data]

I wanna know his success rate on 3rd and <2 yards. For those couple seasons, seemed like he was automatic, I’m guessing comparable and maybe better than Emmitt in that regard.

For a year or two, you couldn’t tackle him straight up. It wasn’t until a year later when defenders figured out to dive at his knees that Barber was less effective.

Dude in his prime reminded me of Walter Payton’s highlights.

 

[data]

This was posted last week

 

[ravidubey]

Really sad. Wonder what the cause of death was

 

[p1_]

This is bizarre. He’s so young.

 

[Cotton]

Holy Shit. That's terrible. RIP

 

[Newt]

Fuck man. One of my all time favorites. So tough. RIP 24

 

[Smitty]

Wow. He was my guy. One of my favorites. RIP. I am gonna guess he had something going on.

 

[Foobio]

Unbelievable.

He was a damn good piano player as well from what I remember.

 

[data]

On runs with 1-3 yards to go for 1st down, he was...
2007: 40 attempts for 26 First Down or Touchdown. 65% success rate
2008: 48 for 34. 71%
2009: 50 for 30. 60%
65% overall success rate

Emmitt Smith
1994 (first year with these stats): 75 for 54. 72%
1995: 76 for 50. 66%
1996: 76 for 45. 59%
66% Overall

Derrick Henry
2018: 29 for 18. 62%
2019: 43 for 27. 63%
2020: 56 for 43. 77%
69% Overall

 

[Simpleton]

Terrible, puts things into perspective when you see the arc of some of these guys and their careers all the way to their death, especially when it's untimely and at such a young age.

 

[Texas Ace]

Sucks.

His prime didn't last very long but man was he one of the funnest players to watch while said prime did last.

Easily one of my favorite players of the last 20 years.

RIP.

 

[UncleMilti]

I’ve still got his jersey.

 

[Sheik]

Tragic. I remember hating on the guy when he was washed up. Times like this remind you that these guys are human, it kinda makes one fee like shit for ever criticizing.

RIP.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

He was really fun to watch in his prime. RIP. Basically my age (I'm 37)

 

[Sheik]

That run out of the end zone is a perfect representation of his style. If he wanted to go somewhere, he was going somewhere.