The New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns has his sight set on playing against his former team, the Carolina Panthers, in Week in Munich, Germany. Burns played for the Panthers before joining the Giants this offseason, and the New York made him the highest-paid pass rusher soon after the trade.
As Burns got set to face his former team for the first time, he said he could see the logic in why the Panthers dealt him, per John Fennelly of Giants Wire.
“No, like I said, business is business,” Burns said, as quoted by Fennelly. “Business happened. I’m happy where I am. I’m blessed.”
Burns also said that he did not demand for the trade but added that he bears no ill feeling with the Panthers organization.
“Surprise? “I wouldn’t say a surprise,” Burns said. They told me, well, I would say you could kind of sense the direction it was going in. But no. Just to answer your question, no, I didn’t ask for a trade. I respect the people are in that building and in that organization. Like I said, I’m blessed. Overall, there isn’t really too much to speak on, but I will now go over what information is available. Where I am now I am content and I just want to win with this team.”
In nine appearances, Burns has played well for the Giants, registering five sacks, seven tackles for loss and seven pass breakups. Burns is part of a very good line that along with teammates make up the Giants defense a tough nut to crack.
Giants defensive line should take the spotlight against the Panthers
The Giants’ defence has been good this season when the team has won; and even when they haven’t, their defensive line has enormously tilted the scale. Brian Burns has been a disrupting force on the edge, and that even if his statistics are not flashy. Further, Azeez Ojulari also fantastic from the edge with six sacks, giving the giants a nice duo who could have problems with the offenses.
However, any discussion of the Giants’ pass rush should begin and end with the former Mississippi State DT. I think it was mostly a pipe dream that a defensive tackle can make a defensive player of the year campaign let alone a guy who plays mostly the nose. The man in the middle is second in the NFL in sacks with nine, behind only the Bengals’ Trey Hendrickson. He also has seven ‘’tackles for loss’’ though he is double or triply-teamed nearly on every play.
Lawrence is the kind of player that has the ability to totally take over a game at any given time on Sunday. He bashed through the Seattle Seahawks offense line during a surprise victory before the season and has done the same to many other teams.
If the Giants plan on earning their third win on Sunday, it’s going to have to come from this group. They can put pressure on Bryce Young and make him have a difficult day no matter the presence of a good Panthers’ offence line. If they can do that, the Giants should have enough to compile a victory in another country.
