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Ronde Barber On Tiki To Buccaneers: 'I Don't Know How Realistic It Is'

Ronde Barber Tiki

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 07/11/11 04:49 PM ET Updated: 09/10/11 06:12 AM ET

With reports emerging that Tiki Barber is interested in making an NFL comeback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his twin brother Ronde weighed in on the possibility.

"It was an entertaining thought four or five years ago," Ronde said. "I don't know how realistic it is now. I've not had a chance to talk to [Bucs GM Mark Dominik or coach Raheem Morris] about it. Maybe the situation would be a little different under different circumstances. But I know he wants to go somewhere where feels like he's wanted."

And by all indications, 'somewhere he is wanted,' does not include Tampa Bay. Shortly after Tiki announced that he was interested in joining the Bucs, reports emerged that such interest was not reciprocated by the organization.

Tiki Barber recently opened up about his comeback, admitting he battled depression in the wake of his dismissal from NBC and his widely publicized affair with a 23-year-old intern at the network. He is hoping a return to football will once again bring stability to his life.

"I need to prove to myself that I can be successful at something," Barber told HBO. "I know I'm going to be successful as a football player. I don't know why. The odds say 'No.' I'm 36 and I haven't played in four years. But I just know."

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With reports emerging that Tiki Barber is interested in making an NFL comeback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his twin brother Ronde weighed in on the po...
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Free Plaxico
09:42 PM on 07/15/2011
Tiki Tiki Tiki, not to many teams are intrested in an over the hill RB who is a lockeroom cancer.
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dukesman2000
We have guided missiles and misguided men
02:08 PM on 07/13/2011
Tiki, you are too hard on yourself. You were successful in being the most hated former Giant. And you were successful in destroying your marriage.
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MARTYB
61 years of age, happily divorced, father of three
06:41 AM on 07/13/2011
Yep, it seems no one likes him, "front office" wise anyway.
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butchcliff
The future is unwritten
06:39 AM on 07/13/2011
Tiki fighting depression. Now he knows how it feels.
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Omeezee
10:48 PM on 07/12/2011
Tiki, like everyone these days has been tried in the public ourt of opinion and the court states that guys who cheat on their wives (unlike a certain Steelers QB who are accused of rape year after year) don;t get second chances. I mean if he were to go to a camp and can still play, he would get league minimum. But rh way the NFL is now, he wont even be given tryouts. Its sad to say but he would have been better off had he fought dogs or fired a handgun in a nightclub. Then He would be welcome back with open arms?
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BGM1906
12:56 PM on 07/13/2011
Tiki's problem isn't that he was tried by public opinion....its that he's 36 and a running back. Most backs are out of the league in 5 years. Trust me, if he was 25 and able to run a 4.3 40 yard dash, he'd get signed.
10:32 PM on 07/12/2011
Tiki has only one small problem: nobody likes him.
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DHWRD
Go SAINTS
01:56 AM on 07/13/2011
NFL contracts are not given out on likes or dislikes, they are given out on ability ... if a team feels he can add to their roster than they will give him a shot , if not than he will not get a shot ... all this like / dislike foolishness is a result of the TMZ generation ... who cares if someone likes a player if that player is helping a team win games. Fans wants wins not popularity
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valeskas
catlover/book lover democrat
03:29 PM on 07/13/2011
Very true, he was successful at that, that no one cares any more about him.
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Rocktopus
Ezekiel 23:20
07:17 PM on 07/12/2011
No thanks on Tiki.
06:27 PM on 07/12/2011
Tiki your 15 minutes are up. Go get a life where we don't have to see or hear anything from you, ever.
10:33 AM on 07/13/2011
I agree. Too late
01:27 PM on 07/13/2011
Like him or not, he had alot more than 15 minutes.
12:18 PM on 07/12/2011
Tiki wants to come back because he's lonely and he doesn't know how to function life without football.

He dissed his wife who was pregnant with his kids over some white broad and now he's extremely bored.

Get a real life Tiki
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Vanity357
If ignorance is bliss, you must be happy as hell.
03:02 PM on 07/12/2011
I thought him and the side chick were still together? I figured she was more expensive than he thought and needed the finances to maintain that "loving" relationship they had. Either way, this is extremely hilarious to me.
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Minnehaha
Ohio Buckeye
12:19 AM on 07/12/2011
Tiki neds to get off the stage and get a 9 to5. People are over Ttiki Barber. Let Byrant Gumble add him to his staff on that HBO show he has, that no one watches.
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Dr Confuso
Australian/American Broadcast veteran...
10:47 PM on 07/11/2011
Poor Tiki is depressed? Not as depressed as I get reading about losers like him. Next it'll be rehab to drum up some sympathy. Jerk.