Buccaneers Safeties Ronde Barber, Mark Barron Learn From Each Other

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    "During the NFL offseason, you often will find Bucs great Ronde Barber on the golf course, pursuing his longtime passion.

    It's a habit he picked up from an older teammate years ago, when cornerback Anthony Parker played for Tampa Bay.

    "He was the guy who dragged me to the golf course when I first got here," said Barber, a third-round pick in 1997.

    But Parker passed on lasting lessons of a different kind, too, such as how to approach football as a profession and the kind of work ethic needed to stick around in a cutthroat sport in which the average career length hovers around three years.

    Little did Barber know he would be imparting similar knowledge on young teammates 15 years later. His latest project: first-round draft choice Mark Barron."

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