Brian Burns Extension Up Next

[thunderraiden]

With most of everything done for the upcoming FA only one more elephant in the room remains. Brian Burns contract extension. Everything this previous season, where we turned down 2 first round picks in order to retain Burns, and this offseason (shipping DJ Moore instead of BB) Indicates he is about to sign a massive contract extension sooner rather than later. There don't remain many roster moves needed prior to free agency, such as a potential Pat Elflein's cut (creates $2.8M in cap space), and a potential D-Jax restructure (creates $9.5M! in cap space), Brian Burns extension remains the next most impactful (potentially $5M to $7M in cap savings) in terms of creating space before free agency starts.

What do you guys think BB's contract is going to be?

[TheRumGone]

Not sure but it’s better to do it now then later when he has a high probability of going off in evero’s 34.

[WarPanthers89]

I bet they are waiting to cut Pat if we are able to re sign Bozeman. If not we have him as insurance. Idk how I feel about restructuring Jackson but if they have a good target for our new rookie franchise QB that they would like to get in FA such as Shultz or another WR I say go for it  

[stan786]

I'd go ahead and assume his total contract value is highest paid Edge in the NFL, but the structure will be interesting. This rookie QB contract is going to be very nice while some of our better players come up for contract for sure.

[KSpan]

5 minutes ago, stan786 said:

I'd go ahead and assume his total contract value is highest paid Edge in the NFL.

Eww. I like Burns but he has not shown to be anywhere near worth that much.

[MHS831]

He will be in the $22-25 m range.

[stan786]

2 minutes ago, KSpan said:

Eww. I like Burns but he has not shown to be anywhere near worth that much.

Ascending 24 year old DE who is in the top 10 in total sacks over the last 3 years coming off his best season is going to get "Top Paid DE" money. He wont be the top paid DE for long though, next guy up will get his and so on. Cap goes up every year which increases how much players are gonna make.

[kungfoodude]

I think we are unable to get this deal done this offseason and he gets tagged next offseason.

I imagine there is a big gap(this is oure speculation, FWIW) between what we want to pay versus what we made his value by turning down that monster trade deal.

Based on that, his agent has every right to ask to be the highest paid defensive player in the NFL.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Get it done. He’s going to blow up in this 3-4 scheme. If we can find another potential 10-sack guy for this defense, Burns will be racking up 15+ a season. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

I'd rather wait and see how Burns does next year.  If he blows up like some say, I have no problems paying him big time money.  But if we do that now, and he is underwhelming, that is going to suck.

[Smithers]

Only reason to do it now is if he takes less based on current actual value.  If he is going to demand top 5 money (which he’s not worth), just wait till Next season and tag him.

[WhoKnows]

3 minutes ago, Smithers said:

Only reason to do it now is if he takes less based on current actual value.  If he is going to demand top 5 money (which he’s not worth), just wait till Next season and tag him.

He’ll got top 5 money. In a correction to the OP we got an offer of two firsts and pick 36 in this draft. You can’t turn that down and get him for anything less than top edge money. With the Rams dumping Ramsey for a 3rd, those picks would have been worth a lot and still had his $25-30M a year cap space for 2 high priced FAs.

[45catfan]

This one of the moves I anticipate happening because obviously we turned down offers for him, so he' snot going anywhere and an extension frees up about $12M in cap space this season.

[pantherclaw]

6 hours ago, thunderraiden said:

What do you guys think BB's contract is going to be?

Don't care.  He deserves to get paid, and it's not my money.