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Speaking of revisiting trades: Brian Burns

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Still believe Horn and Brown were the right choice but good for Burns.

I think more about an alternative universe where we kept McCaffery. Probably for the best we moved on when we did but he might have been the perfect weapon for Bryce, and it would have been nice to see him used more strategically than Rhule did.

 

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I've seen much discussion on this topic, but its really hard to evaluate it piece for piece due to the cap implications it had. 

For example: I'm not sure we sign hunt or lewis with burns contract. 

Those picks obviously turned into XL and Mitchell Evans. So our side of the trade is still very much TBD. 

That said, as good as Burns has been this year, and he's been really good, He's still a pash rush only DE.  He's also getting a lot of 1 on 1 there, as they have Thibidoux (I'm sure that's spelled wrong) and Abdul Carter, as well as Dexter Lawrence in the middle. If you don't double Dexter, your play is not going to work. You can only have him on the field on first and second down if you have a dexter lawrence, or a derrick brown. If you watch the giants, one of their biggest flaws is that teams attack their defense the same way they attacked ours when he was here: Run off tackle straight at Brian Burns.

I'm not sure you can win a lot of games with a player like that absorbing so much of the cap. So sure, he's on pace for a ridiculous season, but the giants are not good, and I really don't think he'd be able to put up the same production here.  Throw in the way this trade opened up our offense, and I think it's a wash for us at worst.

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18 hours ago, OldhamA said:

Should have traded him to the Rams when they offered two first round picks. 

Another Fitterer blunder. 

The Fitterer situation is funny to me.  I recall defending his personnel decisions, particularly as it relates to QB, and getting flamed for it.  Yet, sure enough, the two QBs he brought in are arguably the two best QBs in football right now.  

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52 minutes ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

The Fitterer situation is funny to me.  I recall defending his personnel decisions, particularly as it relates to QB, and getting flamed for it.  Yet, sure enough, the two QBs he brought in are arguably the two best QBs in football right now.  

That is true. Or close to it. Arguably. Lol. 
 

At the same time wasn’t he ostensibly in charge of shipping them out or not keeping them and putting us in Bryce land? Just to keep in the  narrow field of QBs and not other moves. 

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2 hours ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

The Fitterer situation is funny to me.  I recall defending his personnel decisions, particularly as it relates to QB, and getting flamed for it.  Yet, sure enough, the two QBs he brought in are arguably the two best QBs in football right now.  

The Panthers made splash signings and trades at QB with both Hurney and Fitterer. Big contract to Teddy Bridgewater big trade for Sam Darnold trade for Baker Mayfield. Trade all the way up to #1 for Bryce Young. They kept upping the ante every time. That's because the Tepper's were always in the room.

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21 hours ago, Peon Awesome said:

I watched the Giants game this week and Burns was a beast. 2 more sacks, currently leading the NFL with 9 for the year. We got a 2nd and 5th round pick, which essentially became Jonathon Brooks and Chau Smith Wade. Burns is getting paid about $28 million per year, while Micah Parsons just signed for $47 million per year. Our pass rush seems to be our biggest weakness right now, although our rookies are looking good and perhaps when all is said and done, we won't miss Burns too bad. But at the very least on paper, this definitely looks like a miss for us.

He’s also playing with 2 top 5 pick pass rushers and getting some 1 on 1 looks. I’m pretty sure there was never a huge question about whether he could win some 1 on 1 pass rush reps. The main issue was consistent effort, being a complete liability against the run, and asking for more than he was worth. Trading him was the right move and still is, the biggest problem was not trading him when the best deal was on the table.

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21 hours ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

He has done absolutely squat up until this season. He's produced double digit sacks once.  I'm perfectly fine shipping him if his ceiling is one good season for his entire career.

Its because Carter and Lawrence are getting the attention.  He was always the best when he wasnt the primary rusher.  Actually when he was here most of his sacks came when he was completely unblocked it felt like.

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5 hours ago, ImfromClayton said:

I've seen much discussion on this topic, but its really hard to evaluate it piece for piece due to the cap implications it had. 

For example: I'm not sure we sign hunt or lewis with burns contract. 

Those picks obviously turned into XL and Mitchell Evans. So our side of the trade is still very much TBD. 

That said, as good as Burns has been this year, and he's been really good, He's still a pash rush only DE.  He's also getting a lot of 1 on 1 there, as they have Thibidoux (I'm sure that's spelled wrong) and Abdul Carter, as well as Dexter Lawrence in the middle. If you don't double Dexter, your play is not going to work. You can only have him on the field on first and second down if you have a dexter lawrence, or a derrick brown. If you watch the giants, one of their biggest flaws is that teams attack their defense the same way they attacked ours when he was here: Run off tackle straight at Brian Burns.

I'm not sure you can win a lot of games with a player like that absorbing so much of the cap. So sure, he's on pace for a ridiculous season, but the giants are not good, and I really don't think he'd be able to put up the same production here.  Throw in the way this trade opened up our offense, and I think it's a wash for us at worst.

He leads the Giants in double and triple team rate. 

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4 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-chip-and-double-team-rates-ranking-the-defensive-linemen-who-overcome-extra-attention

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/giants/big-blue-plus/brian-burns-thirving-despite-gaining-extra-attention-from-opponents

I don't have PFF Premium anymore. Can you screen shot just him on the PFF table? 

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