The last time the Detroit Lions played for the NFC Championship, Barry Sanders was the team’s featured star. On Sunday, the Lions will once again play and advance to the Super Bowl, and Sanders will once again be with the team.
The Lions announced that Sanders will be the team’s honorary captain for Sunday’s NFC Championship game in San Francisco. The Hall of Fame running back has been a fixture with the Lions during this postseason run and will get to rep his team at the coin toss.
The last time the Lions made it this far, Sanders was in his third season and helped lead the team into the NFC Championship game after the 1991 season. Unfortunately, those Lions ran into a buzzsaw in the then-Redskins.
Hopefully Sanders can help get the Lions over the hump against the 49ers.
