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
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,
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.
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.
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.
pleasure turned watching
He turned it on. It was a pleasure watching him.
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.
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.
again cap creative creeping found next numbers older start year
Every year is a do-or-die year ... especially when the cap numbers start creeping up on the older guys. (Allen) found a way to get it done for this off-season. You never know if we're going to have to be creative and do it again next off-season.
everybody field happen knows marvel watching
I marvel watching him every week. He's a perfectionist. He probably knows what's going to happen on the field before everybody else knows what's going to happen.
acting feisty hands happen point running trying
It was just two guys, testosterone running high, acting like idiots, ... I was trying to get his hands off me. You live with those things. Obviously, you don't want them to happen at that point in the game, but I'm a feisty dude, he's a feisty dude. It's football.
against bit great knows league quality rest road week
The rest of the league knows now that we can be even better this year. We got after them a little bit tonight. Week 1, on the road against a great quarterback and a quality opponent. That's doing something.