Rondé Barber Calls A Big Bucs Win, Says Tampa Bay Will Throw Its Way To A Romp
January 14th, 2022
Wise Rondé Barber
Few Tampa Bay fans realize that Bucs icon Rondé Barber is a paid gambling guru.
Yes, Barber collects a check from SuperBook Sports to break down and pick choice games every week. Joe finds it fascinating that a guy with gambling ties is a true insider at One Buc Palace and does work for the team. Imagine that happening anywhere three years ago.
In his latest breakdown for SuperBook, Barber says he sees the Bucs cruising Sunday against the Eagles and Tampa Bay will cover the 8 1/2- or 9-point spread.
Barber sees the Bucs throwing and throwing their way to victory, following their 2021 formula.
“They can win at will,” Barber said of the Bucs offense. “This Eagles pass defense is not good. They give up a lot of completions. They don’t give up a bunch of yards. But they give up a lot of completions.”
“People talk about the Bucs offense, they don’t run it because they don’t have to.”
Eagles Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay needs to a massive game locking down Mike Evans for Philadelphia to have a chance, Barber said, noting the Eagles are bottom third in the league in quarterback pressures and hits. He says combine that with the Bucs’ elite pass blocking offensive line and you have a recipe for a Bucs win.
“This is going to be a track meet where [the Eagles] are not going to be able to keep up,” Barber said.
Joe agrees. The Bucs’ strength is their pass blocking line and Brady. Joe suspects the Bucs may throw short a lot and grind out first downs, but they will not hesitate to air it out unless the wind and rain are significant.
January 14th, 2022 at 9:45 am
This game will be like the Washington game of last year in the playoffs. It will be close. I’m not buying what Ronde is saying. He was wrong when we played the Saints. That being said I do hope we curb stomp the Eagles. I can’t stand their fans. Go Bucs!
January 14th, 2022 at 9:47 am
Darius Slay will have his hands full with Mike Evans, and the Eagles will have no answer for Gronk.
I agree with Ronde, we will not only win, but we will also cover the spread easily.
January 14th, 2022 at 9:56 am
“Joe agrees.” Jaymiss disagrees. Mother nature will have the final say.
January 14th, 2022 at 10:08 am
It’s going to be really rainy which plays more into the eagles gameplan … Hopefully it’s not just POURING!! Even if it is I think they can out grind them with Fournette and Vaughn and even Bell … I think they are a MUCH better running team then they get credit for!! If they wanted to they could make that the focus of their game!!
January 14th, 2022 at 10:17 am
People keep talking about the weather. Has everyone forgot that Brady has played in wind, snow, sleet, hail, rain, etc. most his career?
The Tampa Bay offense will be fine. It is all about how healthy the defense is. If they stop the run and get after the passer like we know they can, it’s a blowout. If they don’t, it’s closer than we’d like, but the Buccaneers win either way.
41-17 Statement! LFG
January 14th, 2022 at 10:45 am
The Bucs will take whatever the weather and Iggles will allow. I think it comes down to turnovers.
January 14th, 2022 at 10:52 am
I’m thinking Ronde predicted the WFT disaster
January 14th, 2022 at 11:05 am
Can Ronde come out in full uniform as honorary Captain for the coin toss😂😂😂
January 14th, 2022 at 11:06 am
If Slay covers Evans, Gronk better stay healthy–nobody else can catch.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:15 am
Who trusts a weather report 72 hours in advance in Florida?
We only have one factor we can believe in and that is the wind.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:16 am
Always thought Ronde would make a great NFL GM, maybe the gambling biz is paying a little more for him. Anyone with the info and knowledge that Ronde has for the NFL and being a part of the Vegas gambling scene you have to believe this is a great call by the future HOFer.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:16 am
Go ahead and call me crazy, but I think we dominate this game. Getting the early lead is the key.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:31 am
Eagles secondary is key for them. Brady has become pig headed about always passin the ball. As in the last saints game which could have easily been won by just running the ball in the second half as they did have some success running then. He was having no success passing yet he continued.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:38 am
If the Low moves more North it will be a nice day. Tail end of the front maybe.
Euro model saying It will be in N Alabama and us with S to SW wind right now. GFS saying in S Ga. Worse for us.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:45 am
Defense wins championships. Come on, Bowles, get your guys tackling back there If the Bucs can hold the Eagles to under 100 yards rushing and force Hurts to throw, the Bucs can cover the spread,
But the Bucs are a horrible bet as favorites especially when favored by 2 scores.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:59 am
Nobody is favoring the Bucs for Super Bowl repeat but they will after this game.
Unless they chalk it up to 2 seeds are supposed to beat 7 seeds.
Either way this IS NOT a good matchup it is a GREAT matchup.
We will have to lose the turnover battle by 3 to lose IMO
Any given Sunday yes, but we won last year on defense and I’m pretty sure Hurts can’t throw from a Superman pose like Maholmes.
January 14th, 2022 at 3:46 pm
The forecast for the SB last year days before called for heavy rain and wind – which came the night before, leading to a beautiful day. Like BL, I wouldn’t pay much attention to the weather until Saturday.
January 14th, 2022 at 7:20 pm
Any given Sunday but we are the better team!
Plus I can’t stand Philly fans the worst. #GoBucs
January 15th, 2022 at 8:33 am
Plus we’re playing a high school qb
January 17th, 2022 at 12:40 am
I agree with what most people say today. My only concern is if this team makes it to the the SB(I assume we will) …wait for it TENNESSEE TITANS. They are a scrappers with a great running game (that is if Derrick Henry is healthy) and they have a great coach. Let’s hope we don’t have to face them.