Will Burns sign an extension before Week 1?

[NAS]

It's been known that the Burns camp has been waiting to see what the numbers are for Nick Bosa before finalizing negotiations on an extension with the Panthers.

Bosa is reported to be close to signing a deal of more than $30MM per year.  Depending on how high it goes in the 30s it could impact the negotiations.  My hope is that they could settle somewhere in the $28MM a year range given that Brian Burns is just a notch below Bosa in terms of production and ability.

Thoughts?

[SaltAndPepper]

28 Million is a lot, even for Brian Burns. 

[CanadianCat]

now it the time to do that kind of contract - when we have a rookie QB salary. 

[Harbingers]

Pass. Burns isn’t worth that kind of money. It sucks but gotta let him move on if he wants top end money. If he was a better run stopper maybe. But I’d rather the panthers start taking a canes approach and getting good, high quality players, players bring the key word. Spread the money around so you have a good whole team, not a great one player. 

Edited August 28, 2023 by Harbingers

[Camp Fodder]

So we turned down 2 draft picks for Burns and we are not making this a priority?

[NAS]

4 minutes ago, SaltAndPepper said:

28 Million is a lot, even for Brian Burns. 

I think that’s the number he will expect and I don’t think we can afford to say no

[CRA]

if you are the Carolina Panthers, would you really want to give him a massive deal before you have seen him play a down in the new 3-4 scheme? 

 

[LinvilleGorge]

If that's the number I'm gonna just wait and see what he does in the new defensive scheme.

Maybe he blows up and it costs me $35M per after the season. Or maybe he plays about the same in which case I'm thinking, yeah he's good but can I blow my salary cap up for "good"?

[ForJimmy]

1 minute ago, CRA said:

if you are the Carolina Panthers, would you really want to give him a massive deal before you have seen him play a down in the new 3-4 scheme? 

 

It's a gamble.  With his frame/style he might be actually better in the 3-4 especially with Evero coaching him.  Waiting could put us in a corner where he wants even more money.  

[ForJimmy]

5 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Pass. Burns isn’t worth that kind of money. It sucks but gotta let him move on if he wants top end money. If he was a better run stopper maybe. But I’d rather the panthers start taking a canes approach and getting good, high quality players, players bring the key word. Spread the money around so you have a good whole team, not a great one player. 

Once we turned down that Rams deal we all but told Burns he will be resigned/extended and it will be for a large amount of money.  I would imagine we had some idea of what he was wanting before we turned down an offer like that.

[CRA]

Just now, ForJimmy said:

It's a gamble.  With his frame/style he might be actually better in the 3-4 especially with Evero coaching him.  Waiting could put us in a corner where he wants even more money.  

I just don't see why a NFL team would gamble on a massive contact......while never seeing him play a down at OLB in the new D.   Everyone isn't going to be the same beast in a different scheme and position. 

Make the deal in season if you ask me. 

[NAS]

4 minutes ago, CRA said:

I just don't see why a NFL team would gamble on a massive contact......while never seeing him play a down at OLB in the new D.   Everyone isn't going to be the same beast in a different scheme and position. 

Make the deal in season if you ask me. 

I'm surprised by this take, I think they've seen enough in camp to know he's going to be even better in a 3 - 4.  

[CRA]

5 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Once we turned down that Rams deal we all but told Burns he will be resigned/extended and it will be for a large amount of money.  I would imagine we had some idea of what he was wanting before we turned down an offer like that.

when we turned that down that offer, we also didn't know we would be moving to Evero's 3-4 scheme. 

[ForJimmy]

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

I just don't see why a NFL team would gamble on a massive contact......while never seeing him play a down at OLB in the new D.   Everyone isn't going to be the same beast in a different scheme and position. 

Make the deal in season if you ask me. 

His skillset fits the 3-4 edge position better, but it's not like we can't just line him back up on the DL if he plays worse in the 3-4 (which I can't see happening).  Evero listed Burns as a top reason he wanted to come here and then proceeded to switch us to his 3-4.  He probably has a better understanding than most on how Burns should look.  

Waiting could be a dangerous game, but at the end of the day he is probably going to make a large amount of money regardless.