Brian Burns.....oo

[Peppers90 NC]

1 minute ago, rippadonn said:

Can we now say Brian Burns is the real thing. Very good pick. We really could have easily picked someone else.

Hurndog again.

Montez Sweat was the main other option, I think he’s doing alright too but I think for us Burns is the man.

[rippadonn]

1 minute ago, Peppers90 NC said:

Montez Sweat was the main other option, I think he’s doing alright too but I think for us Burns is the man.

I like the fact that Pep is still in the building. No better mentor for a guy with such speed and talent.

[Mr. Scot]

Draft kinda fell in our favor.

Word was the pick at 16 was going to be Greg Little. The team wasn't expecting Brian Burns to fall to us. When he did, that changed things.

Could have been a very different draft if he hadn't.

[KB_fan]

It's slightly off topic, but another stat in the Athletic article cited by the OP surprised me.

Cam was 17th in 20+ yard passing attempts. That seemed higher than expected. I knew a lot had to be incompletions.  Sheil Kapadia, the author was kind enough to reply to my comment asking for details.

Cam has had 12 attempts of 20+ yards, of which he completed 3. (25%). Ouch.

[Car123]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Draft kinda fell in our favor.

Word was the pick at 16 was going to be Greg Little. The team wasn't expecting Brian Burns to fall to us. When he did, that changed things.

Could have been a very different draft if he hadn't.

This can be said for every team.

[OriginalPantherDan]

8 hours ago, joemac said:

You ain’t lying. I’m 38 and feel it everyday 

38...I remember 38. Vaguely. I still felt good at 38. Now I’m 53 and my back hurts every goddamn day. Hockey took its toll on me. 

[LinvilleGorge]

3 hours ago, rippadonn said:

Can we now say Brian Burns is the real thing. Very good pick. We really could have easily picked someone else.

Hurndog again.

Easy now. We felt the same way about guys like KB,  Bene, Colbert, etc. early on.

[Captain Obvious]

9 hours ago, joemac said:

You ain’t lying. I’m 38 and feel it everyday 

I'm 51. you should just go ahead and reserve your hoveraround now. Trust me.

[GRWatcher]

What I fear will happen with Burns is that the refs won't be calling offensive holding on him as much as we feel they should because, even though tackles end up sideways with their arms around him, they call it bum rushing not giving the tackle enough time to drop his arms. Happened often to Peppers the first time he was with us. Glad Peppers is here to give Burns techniques and tweaks to get the calls.

[CPF4LIFE]

Burns was a great pick far as fixing this pass rush. Great building block,  now we just need to find someone to put on the other side of him. We all know how good the defense was when we had 2 very good DEs, im hoping thats Haynes going forward cuz i feel like he is developing pretty well. 

Dont want to see another situation where we develop good players just to go to other teams.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

12 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

I'm 51. you should just go ahead and reserve your hoveraround now. Trust me.

I'm 56 and haven't need one of those yet but there are days that I wish I did.

[Khyber53]

16 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Since I hit 50, I've found that I can go into a day off with a list of five or six different things that I want to get done but then as soon as I finish one of them I feel like that's enough for the day.

Hit 50 this summer and yep, and with kids of 14 and 11, sometimes that accomplishment is just picking up the towels they leave in the bathroom. Whew, call it a day.