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
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.
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.
craziest football game playing
I've been playing football all my life. But that's the craziest game I've ever been in.
dance
It's a 12-man dance and we have one of the tickets, so let's go party.
adjustment guys
Guys are going to make the adjustment to different coaches, because it's their job.
pleasure turned watching
He turned it on. It was a pleasure watching him.
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.
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.
few five four freed hit obligatory passes success
Without Moss, Daunte has a few more options. He always had his four or five obligatory passes to No.84. I think it's freed him up a little bit. In preseason, he hit a lot of different receivers and he had a lot of success with it.
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.
forced mistakes obviously
We obviously forced him into a lot of mistakes.
running
We think they're going to try and get back their running game.
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.
asked
We're here. That's all we asked for. Give us a chance.