Bleacher Report-NFL players set up to fail in 2022...a Panther player is #1

[ladypanther]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10042893-nfl-players-set-up-to-fail-in-2022

Maybe not who you expect:

The Carolina Panthers are putting a lot of eggs in the Brian Burns basket defensively in 2022.

The 24-year-old is coming off his first Pro Bowl season and has proven to be a reliable pass-rusher. It's a good thing, too, because outside of Burns and Haason Reddick, the Panthers did not have much in the way of impact pass-rushers.

Burns is talented but he also benefitted from the presence of Reddick and defensive tackle Morgan Fox.

Fox may have only notched 1.5 sacks but, according to Next Gen Stats, he drew double teams at a similar rate as Chris Jones, Quinnen Williams and Ed Oliver. That allowed Burns and Reddick to rarely see extra attention.

Now, Burns is going to be the undisputed star of the defensive front. This offseason, Fox went to the Los Angeles Chargers while Reddick went to Philadelphia.

The Panthers are going to have to hope free agent Matt Ioannidis and Yetur Gross-Matos are able to blossom in 2022. Ioannidis, who played his first six seasons in Washington, is getting out of the shadow of Daron Payne and Jonathan Allen. Gross-Matos was a second-round pick by the Panthers in 2020 but has just six sacks in his first two seasons.

[Mr. Scot]

It makes sense.

I'd add I've seen more than one Bears analyst say the same or similar about Justin fields

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Not ready to call Burns elite but he is good at his job and will make his coin no matter what. 
 

just my opinion. 

[Smithers]

Burns is big play or bust.  Last season he had far more bust plays.  His mistakes were not the fault of anyone else.  I think his being on this list is the result of the writer not watching Panthers games.  

[Mr. Scot]

Burns reminds me a lot of Javon Kearse.

Kearse was a dominant pass rusher early on, but only weighed about 240. Over time, he became less effective as teams realized they could run on him.

I recall his overall career being relatively short.

[joemac]

30 minutes ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

Not ready to call Burns elite but he is good at his job and will make his coin no matter what. 
 

just my opinion. 

He could easily be a 15 sack a year guy if he can improve on actually brining the QB down once he gets to him. He’s gotta lead the league in whiffs. 

[MHS831]

I guessed Burns before reading.  Makes sense.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

Brian “Big Whiff” Burns

[Snake]

I wouldn't say Burns benefited from Reddick but the other way around. Someone else is going to have to step up because Burns will always be double covered. 

[pantherj]

The player who should be most worried about failure, in the form of injury, is CMC. If Baker is a flop we'll end up dumping the ball off to CMC a lot. He won't hold up, and that is setting CMC up to fail. Burns is the least of my worries.

[pantherj]

The playbook for how to deal with Burns is already out around the league. Chip him when he pass rushes, and run at him and rough him up on run plays. We'll get more of that this season, but what decides our fate is Baker.

[Pimpdaddy]

we can't be whiffing on first round drafts... if ur building a base... somebody needs to crawl up his azz....i.e. Wilks.

Edited July 24, 2022 by Pimpdaddy

[AceBoogie]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Burns reminds me a lot of Javon Kearse.

Kearse was a dominant pass rusher early on, but only weighed about 240. Over time, he became less effective as teams realized they could run on him.

I recall his overall career being relatively short.

He played 10 years in the NFL…you gotta stop with the nonsense. 

[cookinbrak]

59 minutes ago, Snake said:

I wouldn't say Burns benefited from Reddick but the other way around. Someone else is going to have to step up because Burns will always be double covered. 

Yeah, Burns was pretty good before Reddick and Fox got here.