Ronde Barber
Ronde Barber
Jamael Orondé "Rondé" Barberis a retired American football player who spent his entire 16 year career playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He is the twin brother of Tiki Barber, a former running back for the New York Giants. Barber grew up in Roanoke, Virginia and played college football for the University of Virginia...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth7 April 1975
CityBlacksburg, VA
good great greatness guys hurt might players run team
You had a team in 2002 that was approaching greatness. I'm not making excuses, but this just might be a reason, I think. Guys who are good players try to be great players by doing too much. In the long run that's going to hurt you.
behind talent turned
We've really turned this thing around behind some young talent. If I had to put one thing on it, it's their play.
detail doubt emphasis exactly guys job paying supposed
We've put a big emphasis on detail this year, and it's paying off. Guys know exactly what they're supposed to do. There is no doubt about what your job is.
backs definitely describe games good great running three words
There's not a lot of words to describe him. Just put the film on, and you see what you have in this guy. There's a lot of great backs that have come through this league. For him to outdistance them all in the first three games of his career, he should feel good about it. We definitely feel good that he's running for us.
breeds call definitely doubt football good guys last losing winning
There's no doubt about it. I think winning breeds camaraderie. We had camaraderie last year, but losing didn't really make it that much better. There's definitely a combination of the two, the young guys and the old guys. The balance, I guess, you could call it. It's really good on this football team.
bring built coaches defensive football free ourselves pride team whatever
Is that any different from any other season? We pride ourselves on being a defensive football team. Bring in all the free agents, all the coaches or whatever you want. This team has been built on defense.
craziest football game playing
I've been playing football all my life. But that's the craziest game I've ever been in.
acting feisty guys running triple
It was two guys with their triple testosterone running high, acting like idiots. I'm a feisty dude, and he's a feisty dude.
couple last team
This is a different team than we've had the last couple of years. This team has a little something to it.
benefit either everybody gets guess happen hard opinion point present situation until
So restructuring wouldn't benefit anybody. It's hard to say what I'd say (in Brooks' shoes). I guess the situation would have to present itself. Until it does, I don't have an opinion either way. It'll happen eventually. Everybody gets to that point in their career. I don't know if I'm there yet.
bunch guys
You never like to think you're rebuilding. But if you have a bunch of young guys who have to play? Yeah, you're rebuilding.
coming focused jump staying sure teams
It's just us coming out, staying focused and doing our job. We'll do what we've always done. We'll attack. We'll play Buc Ball. But we need to make sure we don't let other teams get the jump on us.
approach attitude bit definitely evolved five four good guys players position scheme similar understand
They are definitely legit. They have good players at every position and what they do is pretty similar to what we did four or five years ago. I think we've evolved a bit from where we were. They have guys who understand it's not all about the scheme - it's also about your attitude and the way you approach the game.
home playing reason
There were a lot of reasons, and it probably had to do with the same reason we went 5-11, not necessarily because we were playing at home or playing on the road,