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| August 03, 2001 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Rick Gosselin

DALLAS _ Players around the league were stunned when Pro Bowl running backs Barry Sanders and Robert Smith walked away from the NFL at the top of their games.

Sanders was 30 and coming off a 1,491-yard rushing season for the Detroit Lions when he called it quits in the summer of 1999. Smith was 28 and coming off a 1,521-yard season and his first NFC rushing title for the Minnesota Vikings when he called it quits last winter.

"When I talk to guys about Sanders and Smith, they say, `They're going to have to kick me out of this league. I'm never going to leave,'" Washington Redskins safety Sam Shade said. "I'd say that's the…

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