Jon Gruden broke out the chisel Thursday at One Buc Place, though a chisel isn't a checkbook. Gruden made another monument out of another Buc. It was the last day of minicamp. The subject was Jamael Oronde Barber.
"They talk about Lynch, Brooks, Sapp, but what about Ronde?" Gruden said. "You got to throw him in there, don't you? I don't know anybody else who has 20 sacks, 20 picks, a Super Bowl ring, multiple division titles, Pro Bowls and is the kind of player he is off the field. To me, his head should be on Mount Rushmore with those other guys you're talking about."
Well said.
But: What about Ronde?
Ronde Barber sat on a bench at One Buc. He's a tower of strength, but these days doesn't feel as if he's set in stone. Numb is how he feels. One of the NFL's top cornerbacks is in the final year of his contract. And nobody seems in a rush to make him a new one. Two of the faces on Gruden's Rushmore, Warren Sapp and John Lynch, are long gone.
What about Ronde?
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It's Time For Bucs To Do Right By Ronde
It's Time For Bucs To Do Right By Ronde
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