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Barry Sanders optimistic changes will help Lions

Enfield, England — Barry Sanders ran for at least 1,100 yards in each of his 10 seasons with the Lions.

But, as he watches a Lions team with the league's 32nd-ranked rushing attack, even he doesn't know how he'd play behind the team's shaky offensive line.

"Hopefully OK," he said Thursday. "Hopefully they can just have some good balance going into the rest of the season, and I know they've made some changes. And sometimes that's all it takes."

Those changes Sanders referenced were the team firing offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and offensive line coaches Jeremiah Washburn and Terry Heffernan.