As part of our Bucs badass jamboree, sports columnist Martin Fennelly spoke with former Bucs Pro Bowl cornerback Ronde Barber, who played all 16 of his NFL seasons in Tampa Bay and was part of the Bucs' Super Bowl championship team in 2002, a decidedly BA bunch. Barber shared his thoughts on those Bucs and being "badass."
"We were generally nice guys. But when it came to Sunday, we turned into (jerks). Mike T. (former Bucs secondary coach and Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin) said it best: 'You've got to be an angry worker.'
"It's harder to get those guys now.