Texans lose Connor Barwin

[Scoop27]

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/03/connor-barwin-joins-the-philadelphia-eagles/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=breaking_news&utm_campaign=20130314_BN487479079074

[Blastoderm55]

I think of the free agent losses, James Casey will prove to be the most painful. Barwin's replacement was drafted last year with Mercilus, and hopefully Ed Reed fills the FS slot until a replacement can be drafted and groomed. I'd to see the Texans take a safety in the first round, maybe even trade up to get the best one available. Reed is going to eat up a lot of the available cap space, and with 9 likely picks in the draft thanks to the compensatory picks, it would be tough to even sign all those rookie draft picks. Best to leverage those excess picks the way San Francisco is.

[Weebe]

Net gain.

[Manso/V8]

I wonder if he got a haircut before he met with the Eagles.