6 greatest moments of Ronde Barber's Hall of Fame career with Buccaneers
By Ryan Heckman
4. Barber's 215th straight start
On December 30, 2012 against the Atlanta Falcons, Barber would make Bucs history by making his 215th straight start. To this day, it is still a Bucs record for most consecutive starts with the team and, overall, Barber is tied for the seventh-longest streak in NFL history.
Although they only finished 7-9 on the season, the Bucs won that game 22-17 and went out that year with a victory. Barber ended the day with four tackles in what would end up being the final start of his career.
It's pretty remarkable that Barber wound up starting 224 games over his career, with almost all of them coming consecutively.
3. Super Bowl ensuring pick-six
On January 19, 2003, the Bucs took on the Philadelphia Eagles in a legendary NFC Championship Game. Tampa Bay took a 17-10 lead into halftime before extending it to 10 points in the third. But, late in the fourth quarter, Donovan McNabb and the Eagles were on the Bucs' 10-yard line and threatening to make it a 3-point game.
Barber wasn't having it, though. He faked a blitz and instead stepped in front of a McNabb pass intended for Antonio Freeman, picking it off and taking it all the way back to the house for a score. That pick-six ensured the Bucs' spot in Super Bowl XXXVII.