The Carolina Panthers Trade Away Their Top Pass Rusher
The Carolina Panthers have already made multiple moves in free agency; cutting center, Bradley Bozeman and acquiring Robert Hunt in a mega 5 year, $100 million deal.However, in what is by far their biggest move of the day, the Panthers are trading away their top pass rusher, Brian Burns, to the New York Giants, for a 2nd and 5th round pick, per Tom Pelissero.
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Trade! The #Panthers are trading star Brian Burns — at last! — to the #Giants, per me and @MikeGarafolo.
Burns lands a 5-year deal worth $150M max with $87.5M guaranteed, done by Todd France of @AthletesFirst.
Carolina sends Burns to NYG for a 2nd and 5th rounders.… pic.twitter.com/UpdtdzB6s6
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 11, 2024
New York Giants’ Defensive Line Gets Enormous Boost
The New York Giants gave Brian Burns $30 million with over half of it, $87.5 million, guaranteed, making Burns the second highest paid defensive end in the NFL after the San Francisco 49ers’ Nick Bosa.
Now they will be able to pair him with former 5th overall pick, Keyvon Thibodeaux, and All – Pro defensive tackle and “hogmolly”, Dexter Lawrence.
They also managed to not give up too much of their future for the Pro Bowl edge, as they will still keep a 2nd round pick from their trade at the deadline in November with the Seattle Seahawks for Leonard Williams.
Carolina Panthers Starting Afresh
On the Panthers’ end, they get to give themselves a bit more breathing room cap wise, and get to help rebuild their team for the future, as they do not have their first round pick in this upcoming draft.
The sadder point for Carolina is that, had they accepted the LA Rams’ trade offer the year prior, they could have netted significantly greater trade compensation.
A second and fifth for Brian Burns, 16 months after the Panthers turned down two firsts and a second from the Rams for their Pro Bowl edge rusher. https://t.co/74HwrHd7ik
— Joe Person (@josephperson) March 11, 2024
However, the deal is done now; New York has its man and Carolina has its draft picks, lets see how both teams fare this upcoming year.
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