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
asked
We're here. That's all we asked for. Give us a chance.
bit rebuild
I think you rebuild a little bit every year,
creating foundation guys hardy john laid looked physical standard trying type
We looked at that standard of Hardy (Nickerson) and John (Lynch) and the Rufus Porters of the world. Those guys laid the foundation of the standard that we're trying to live up to. We know we have to get back to it. It's that physical type of football. Safeties capping off piles, creating turnovers. We're getting there. We're getting there.
bit grows
He grows up a little bit more every week.
couple eating good guy home potato throws
He made a couple of good throws for a guy who has been home eating potato chips.
believe everybody gave regardless worked
Regardless of what 2004 was about, 2005 gave us a new opportunity. Everybody jumped at it, believe in it, worked for it.
adjustment defense ended lose move pass people somebody
Our pass defense suffered, immediately, like that game. We ended up having to move a lot of other people around. It's an adjustment when you lose somebody like that.
came coming excited expected james people proverbial raymond tough win
Sure, it's important. If you can't win at home, where can you win? It's the proverbial 12th man. You've got to get people excited about coming to Raymond James Stadium. It's been a while. ... It used to be when you came here, you expected a tough game. We've got to get back to that for sure.
advantage definitely guy hands seemed sees throws
It definitely seemed different. Obviously, without Randy, they don't have that guy where he sees an advantage, throws his hands up and he just launches it.
guys jon learned trust
I think Jon has learned to trust young guys more.
close forcing played trying
I thought he was a little reserved. I thought he played it a little close to the vest. He was trying not to make mistakes, scrambling out, not forcing throws.
knowledge ready robinson rookie seen time
We have some knowledge of Marcus Robinson from his time in Chicago, and then they've got that rookie Troy Williamson . We haven't seen a lot of him, but we do know he's a straight-line blazer, so we have to be ready for that.
comic easy percent
Yeah, not only is he 100 percent Buccaneer, he's comic relief. It's really easy to get on him.
crucial grinding plays sloppy
We've been grinding all year. It's been sloppy all year. We find a way to make plays at crucial times. And that's what we're all about.