I'm not going anywhere! Thanks Jeffrey, Chip, Howie and everyone in the @Eagles organization for their support. pic.twitter.com/rDKjBiAGha — Connor Barwin (@ConnorBarwin98) March 18, 2015
Earlier this week, linebacker Connor Barwin tweeted a picture of him signing a new contract. On Friday morning, Barwin was a guest on the 94 WIP Morning Show. He explained that the Eagles approached him about the contract restructure and that there was no negotiation. The Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro linebacker hopes that this will help allow him to finish his career with the team.
"The restructuring that just happened a few days ago made me a little bit more secure. My plan is to be here until I'm done playing football. I love living in this city. Hopefully, it all works out," Barwin said.
Linebacker Connor Barwin had himself a breakout 2014, stuffed with multi-sack games and general domination ...
Barwin was one of the Eagles' most valuable players on the defensive side of the ball this year.
Barwin began the year with a bang, notching a pair of pass knockdowns and a pair of QB hurries en route to a Week 1 win against Jacksonville.
In Week 4 against the 49ers, Barwin picked up his first sack of the season. It wouldn't be his last.
Barwin, taking the field before the Eagles' Week 5 contest with the St. Louis Rams.
Barwin tallied his first multi-sack game of the year against St. Louis, taking down quarterback Austin Davis twice in the win.
Against the Giants in Week 6, Barwin exploded. He sacked Eli Manning three times, including this sack and forced fumble, to lead the Eagles to a 27-0 shutout win.
Barwin leers over the Houston Texans' offensive line in Week 9.
Against Houston in Week 9, Barwin picked up yet another sack, his seventh in a five-game span.
Clearly a nighttime player, Barwin destroyed the Carolina Panthers on Monday Night Football in Week 10, including this sack of quarterback Cam Newton.
Barwin finished the night with 3.5 sacks and 11 tackles, truly a performance for the ages, as the Eagles demolished Newton and the Panthers.
The campaign of destruction continued in Week 12, when Barwin piled up another two sacks and the Eagles ran the Titans out of town.
After flattening Tennessee, Barwin had piled up 12.5 sacks in 12 weeks, already a career-high for sacks in a season.
Barwin stretches before the Eagles' first matchup with the Cowboys in Week 13.
Barwin and the Eagles brought the stuffing to Dallas on Thanksgiving, flattening the Cowboys, 33-10.
Barwin, interacting with Eagles fans before the Birds' Week 14 matchup with the Seahawks.
Barwin notched yet another sack against Seattle, despite the loss. His take-down of Russell Wilson was his 13th sack of the season.
Barwin bull-rushes Dallas quarterback Tony Romo in the teams' Week 15 rematch.
Barwin stonewalls Washington running back Alfred Morris in Week 16.
Barwin finished the year with 14.5 sacks, 83 tackles, 21 quarterback hurries, six knockdowns and two forced fumbles.
After an otherworldly 2014 season, Barwin will look to top his performance next season.
Barwin recently returned from a volunteer trip to Haiti with NRG Energy where he helped install solar panels at a maternity hospital and at an orphanage. With limited access to Wi-Fi, Barwin was only able to check in on the team's free agency moves at certain times of the day. The Eagles were one of the busiest teams re-signing a pair of players in Brandon Graham and Mark Sanchez and acquiring six new players. Barwin looks at one defensive position in particular as "drastically improved" after the changes.
"I mean without a doubt, we drastically improved at the inside linebacker position with adding Kiko (Alonso), with adding Brad Jones. Najee (Goode) will be good. DeMeco (Ryans) will be back and (Mychal) Kendricks. That's as good as any inside group in the entire NFL, without a doubt," Barwin said.
Barwin has made Philadelphia his home in the offseason and is still a regular at the NovaCare Complex. He confirmed on the 94WIP Morning Show that his Make The World Better Foundation will host another charity benefit concert in late June. Upon signing with the Eagles in 2013, Barwin said that he felt that he was at the point in his life where he wanted to take a leadership role in the community.
"You get out of a city what you put into a city," said Barwin, who is also an avid user of SEPTA, Philadelphia's public transportation system. "It's that simple. Why not take advantage of everything a city has to offer? It just makes sense to me ... My dad was a city manager (in Detroit), so I gained an appreciation for cities from him. He took me around different cities and pointed out all the differences and great places to go. I really got that from him and just try to embrace wherever I am." !
