[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by cland

I'll admit I was disappointed we took Connor Barwin over Michael Johnson, as a pass rushing DE. The jury is still out, but Barwin does have a very slight edge, with one additional tackle and an extra 1.5 sacks:

Barwin: http://espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=12449
Johnson: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/player...playerId=12436

I'll be interested to see how year 2 turns out for these players.

The Chrons John McClain said on 610 AM radio that the Texans have Barwin scheduled to get up to the 270 lb range for 2010, presumably to be big enough to play DE in run defense situations along with passing downs. Lets hope this strategy doen't have the same results as it did when they had Steve Slayton bulk-up for 2009 in his first offseason.