Opinions on Burns statement last season

[Jmac]

We all know what he said about playing not to get hurt. If he gets tagged and doesn't get traded or get the $$$ he wants, will the next season be the  same half ass player he was last year.

Would you trust him to go all out or will he be dragging his ass along the turf again?

Saying what he did, just enforces my belief that he can't be relied upon to give 100%. 

What do you think?

[CamWhoaaCam]

Over/Under 50 Burns threads in the next 3 weeks?

 

I'm going over.

[OneBadCat]

You know Peppers would disappear sometimes but at least he established himself as a monster first. Burns is a taller Everette Brown. He has one move and his legs are tree limbs. He gets bullied in the run game. 

He should take the tag and prove himself. 

[RJK]

15 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

You know Peppers would disappear sometimes but at least he established himself as a monster first. Burns is a taller Everette Brown. He has one move and his legs are tree limbs. He gets bullied in the run game. 

He should take the tag and prove himself. 

Pepp was never washed out on single blocks by TEs regularly tho 

[OneBadCat]

7 minutes ago, RJK said:

Pepp was never washed out on single blocks by TEs regularly tho 

He definitely was. But idk, who’s to say a quicker and lighter player like a TE may fair better against Peppers on occasion.

But Peppers also blocked FG’s , intercepted passes, scored TDs, forced fumbles, played TE sometimes. There’s no comparison. 
 

The best DE this team ever fielded since Peppers was Greg Hardy no contest. Shame he was a psycho.

[LinvilleGorge]

Tag him and put him on the trade block.

[ClawOn]

52 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Over/Under 50 Burns threads in the next 3 weeks?

 

I'm going over.

Sound and fury signifying nothing. 

[Adb6368]

Agreed he either needs to be paid or tagged and traded. The comment was a huge red flag on his effort. I don’t completely blame him but basically admitting you weren’t giving it your all doesn’t help anyone. Can’t deal with another year of that. 

[PootieNunu]

1 hour ago, Adb6368 said:

Agreed he either needs to be paid or tagged and traded. The comment was a huge red flag on his effort. I don’t completely blame him but basically admitting you weren’t giving it your all doesn’t help anyone. Can’t deal with another year of that. 

I would be scared to death to commit anything substantial to a guy like that. 

He wont even put in the work to show he belongs in the same contract range as the Bosas and Garretts, he just wants us to take his word for it. 

What happens when he gets the $ he wants? Does he check out completely?

We are in a lose/lose situation. You either tag him and take the half assed effort or let him walk for nothing.

Nobody is trading anything worthwhile for him on the franchise tag the ship has sailed on getting assets in return. 

[onmyown]

Imagine Luke saying some poo like that. Would never happen. This team desperately needs toughness and leaders. Signing Burns goes directly against that sediment and will leave a bad impression to the other players. Thats not even going into whether his play is objectively worth what he wants.

[Ricky Spanish]

5 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Over/Under 50 Burns threads in the next 3 weeks?

 

I'm going over.

Under, we haven't even hit our weekly "Bryce Sucks and we need a new QB" thread quota.

For such a small man he occupies such a large amount of space in our minds.

[Khyber53]

10 hours ago, Jmac said:

We all know what he said about playing not to get hurt. If he gets tagged and doesn't get traded or get the $$$ he wants, will the next season be the  same half ass player he was last year.

Would you trust him to go all out or will he be dragging his ass along the turf again?

Saying what he did, just enforces my belief that he can't be relied upon to give 100%. 

What do you think?

Honestly, set him free if there's not a trade partner if he doesn't sign a team-friendly deal that is more appropriate to his performance levels. 

A guy that is playing not to get hurt is pretty much just here to cash checks and well, we've had enough of that over the years. His stats don't warrant this much attention or such a big chunk of the salary cap. I like the guy and was amazed at how he played here at first. Then when the negotiations started, well, he just went all Meh. He says he still loves us, but man, he hasn't bought us flowers in a loooong time, yanno?

If he doesn't want to be here, let him go, get the comp pick and write it off. No one year deals, no overblown contracts, just let him go. It's sad but true, there are edge players coming out of colleges every year and some of them can get both 8 sacks a season AND play defense against the run.

He's a good player, but he isn't a HoF player, so let's quit treating him like he is.

[kungfoodude]

I know this, I think I have about had my fill of FSU players as a Panthers fan.

[Leeroy Jenkins Ph.D.]

He sure as fug doesn't sound like a dawg to me.  If Dan Morgan meant what he said about bringing Dawgs to Charlotte, resigning Burns is the first sign he is full of crap and just talk.