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
expecting good guys prove wrong year
This year we've got a lot of young guys that are expecting to play. I don't see anything wrong with that as long as they prove they are good players.
accept definitely headstrong
We're definitely a headstrong group. We accept all challenges.
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.
found gave goals regardless win
That was one of our goals, to win the NFC South, and we found a way to do it. Regardless of what 2004 was all about, 2005 gave us a new opportunity.
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.
running
We think they're going to try and get back their running game.
forced mistakes obviously
We obviously forced him into a lot of mistakes.
care everybody likes takes winning
Winning is always first. Winning is always first. When you win, everybody likes each other, and that takes care of chemistry.
finding ways
We've been doing it all year, finding ways to win. That's what it's all about.
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.
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.
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.
couple eating good guy home potato throws
He made a couple of good throws for a guy who has been home eating potato chips.