Well that was money well spent.
During the offseason, Barrow signed a six-year, $11.6 million contract, which included a $2.5 million bonus. Barrow, coming off a season with a career-high 177 tackles for the New York Giants, was a projected starter. The middle linebacker job then went to Antonio Pierce, who emerged from obscurity to be one of the best performers on a unit ranked No. 2 in the NFL.