"I think Connor played as well this year as he did last year. He just didn't have the numbers. He's always an effort player. Did a hell of a job for us. I thought he had a good season."



A Houston-based reporter then asked if the additional weight Barwin added in 2012 -- he said ten pounds -- affected his performance. The Eagles list Barwin at 6-foot-4, 264 pounds.



"I don't think it was quite that much, but, yeah, he played a little bigger this year than last year," Kubiak said. "Remember now, he got flipped around, too. He had to play [weak-side], [strong-side] because of what we had going on. We lost Brooks [Reed] for a while. We had some things going on with our team that made him have to be the adjuster for us."