He recorded a sack in the first play of his first NFL start and finished with, a team-high, eight tackles in Week 15 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He started and tallied 13 tackles at LB in Super Bowl XXXVII in a loss to the Buccaneers.
He registered nine or more tackles seven times in the 2004 NFL season, including an AFC Wild Card victory over the San Diego Chargers.
Barton led the defense with a career-high 16 tackles, including 12 solo and one for loss, in a defeat against the Buffalo Bills.
[2] Barton signed with the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 13, 2009, and played 2 years with them.