Where is Barwin?

[barrett]

Barwin is an effort guy and that means sacks are going to come and go. Some days guys will get flushed out of the pocket and run into him, he'll get in on half sacks, he chases guys down attempting to scramble, etc...

He is not and has never been a superior 1-on-1 pass rusher. He didn't get most of his sacks last year by blowing by guys and getting to the QB.

We are have a great team-pass rush and amazing defensive effort on every play, but no superior individual pass rusher.

[Joe Joe]

It is starting to get a little worrisome. Watt is going to get blocked one of these days. Barwin and Reed both have seemed out of it so far. The odd part is with the leads, you would expect the OLBs to do better as they are less worried about the run.

[TheMatrix31]

I don't want to pay him that much money if he's going to disappear like this. Three weeks in and it's almost as if he's not even on this team.

[Roy P]

Has our first round pick been on the field? I thought he'd be in a rotation with Reed & barwin. Just sayin.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Has our first round pick been on the field? I thought he'd be in a rotation with Reed & barwin. Just sayin.

I noticed him in on one play in a passing situation against Miami. He's been playing a lot on special teams.

[HPF Bob]

Mercilus has been on STs and seen some defensive snaps in garbage time. That tells me either he's behind in the learning curve or Wade is so pleased with his OLBs that he's willing to let Mercilus be groomed slowly.

[Keith]

...Before the season, he swapped proposals with the Texans. Ultimately, Barwin turned down their final offer, and the Texans instead signed quarterback Matt Schaub to an extension.

“Yeah, it was a lot of money, and that was really hard to (turn down the offer),” Barwin said. “That was a tough time. But I know what kind of season I’m capable of having, and I plan to have it.

“I definitely want to stay here. We’ve got a good thing going. We’ve got a good locker room. We’ve got some great guys on this team. We have great chemistry. Everybody works hard and wants to win.”

‘Just a matter of time’

So Barwin turned down millions and plugs along making a base salary of $565,000. He won’t go hungry, of course.

“I’m not worried about it,” he said. “It’s not an easy thing to go through, but when it didn’t happen I focused on the season.”

Barwin is certain his contract negotiation and three games without a sack are unrelated.

“That’s got nothing to do with it,” he said. ...

A clip from here:

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans...day-will-come/