Article: Brian Burns on playing without an extension in 2023: 'I was terrified to get hurt'

[csx]

Zero sympathy. Negative respect.

Bye bye

Edited January 8, 2024 by csx

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, t96 said:

wonder if some team in the top 10-15 picks would trade their 1st for him

I honestly think a late 1st is probably about the ceiling for Burns and I'm not sure we could get that. I just think some contender at the back of the 2st might see him as a piece that could put them over the top, but would that be with a late 1st AND a huge contract? I don't know about that.

[Navy_football]

I mean he's better than most late first rounders or early seconds. They'll never get 2 firsts and a second again. Very few non-QBs are actually worth that and the Panthers should have taken it just on merit. Oh well. Burns isn't a bad player. He's a freakish athlete. But he'll never be elite. You don't pay elite money to pretty good players. That's how you get a team into cap hell. 

[Panther0221]

What a joke. Screw you Fitt for not taking that haul.

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

this makes a lot of sense now and explains as to why Burns always get bullied in the run game, gets sealed off by a TE, runs past the QB and then gives up, and could never make a tackle when the QB is in his arms

[onmyown]

if only we could find and pay more players with this mindset we might have a championship 

[Zaximus]

Sign and trade for whatever we can get.  I feel Brown played so well he should steal that check.  We have too many holes on this team to pay this guy.

[BY9Franchise]

3 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Yep, we need a 1st round WR.  It's a deep draft, but there's no getting a top 15 WR talent at #33.

You can get top receivers anywhere in the draft look at Tank Dell,P Nauca ect just have to pick the right ones....

 

A guy like Troy Franklin could easily be there

[OneBadCat]

Can't say I totally blame him but guys like Rucker, Johnson, Hardy, and Peppers played with pride despite their contract. 

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, BY9Franchise said:

You can get top receivers anywhere in the draft look at Tank Dell,P Nauca ect just have to pick the right ones....

 

A guy like Troy Franklin could easily be there

You can say that about any position.  You play the odds though, the longer you wait the chances of your pick actually being any good goes down significantly.

[jb2288]

Wow. Wonder how D. Brown feels about that statement after he balled out and gave it his all every Sunday

[tukafan21]

Honestly, after hearing that, I want nothing to do with re-signing him now, tag and trade him for whatever we can get and move on.

If he was that afraid of playing hurt, he should have either held out or signed the extension, it says a lot about him and I'm sure it affected his play, which wasn't great.

If he wants to sign for LESS than $20 a season, then sure, I'll take him back.  But if he wants a penny over 20, I have zero interest after hearing this, we need the draft picks and cheap contracts more right now, this team is in an entire rebuild.