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
jokes messing
It's not like we're messing with some jokes at wideout here,
bottom matter ugly whether win
No matter how we get it done, whether it's ugly or it's pretty, a win is a win. That's the bottom line.
everybody excited
Everybody is excited about where we are right now. It's a 12-man dance. We've got one of the tickets, so let's go party.
anyone locker outside
Not to anyone outside of the locker room.
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.
dance
It's a 12-man dance and we have one of the tickets, so let's go party.
definitely good guys works
It works out in the end for the good guys and he's definitely one of those.
aside ball blocks line man mike offense
That guy's like Mike Alstott beefed up, ... Aside from being a big man in general, he catches the ball well and he blocks well. They line him up all over the field. He's as important to that offense as anybody.
best chance guess knew seemed throw
It seemed like they knew they weren't going to be down there again. I guess they thought their best chance was to throw it.
asked
We're here. That's all we've asked for -- give us an opportunity.
asked
We're here. That's all we asked for. Give us a chance.
bit hard start trying
We were trying too hard to start fast, but sometimes when you try to do too much it can be a little bit of a detriment.
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.
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.