Giants thought they would have to give up more in trade for Brian Burns

[WarPanthers89]

I will say, we have had horrible results when trading away our blue chip players over the last few years (no one can argue with this), but I really don’t know if this one will hurt as bad as the previous ones. Only time will tell…..
 

ARTICLE: The Giants will be featured next month in a new offseason installment of Hard Knocks, and the release of the show’s trailer today indicates that they think they got a good deal when they acquired Brian Burns in a trade from the Panthers.

In the trailer, Giants General Manager Joe Schoen is shown discussing the possibility of trading for Burns with Giants head coach Brian Daboll. In the clip, Schoen says he thinks the price would be two second-round draft picks.

“What about Brian Burns, have you looked at Brian Burns? We would have to trade, like, two twos, and then you’d have to pay him, $28-$29 million,” Schoen told Daboll.

But when the trade happened, the Giants only had to give up a second-round pick, a fifth-round pick and a swap of fifth-rounders. The Giants got Burns for less than they expected, which may mean that if the Panthers had driven a harder bargain they could have received more.

It also serves as a reminder that the Panthers reportedly turned down an offer from the Rams in 2022 in which the Rams were willing to give up a 2024 first-round pick, a 2025 first-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick for Burns. For the Panthers to turn down so much and then end up trading Burns for so little shows how much the team botched its handling of Burns.

Schoen was right about how much Burns would cost in terms of his contract, as he signed a five-year, $141 million contract, which works out to $28.2 million a year.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/giants-thought-they-would-have-to-give-up-more-in-trade-for-brian-burns

Edited June 25, 2024 by WarPanthers89

[WarPanthers89]

I do feel like the money invested in our Guards will have a much larger impact than Burns would have had. Clowney will not make the same impact as Burns, but given the choice, I’d rather have two high level guards not letting our QB get destroyed every play. 

[CBDellinger]

Whatever... he had to go.  Couldnt afford to keep him and upgrade the oline and besides... he didnt want to be here anymore.

 

 

[Jackie Lee]

 

[Jackie Lee]

It goes all the way back to skipping on Trey Smith in the 2021 draft. Make better draft decisions and you don't have to make all these desperate trades 

[TheSpecialJuan]

I've moved on 

[CPF4LIFE]

16 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

It goes all the way back to skipping on Trey Smith in the 2021 draft. Make better draft decisions and you don't have to make all these desperate trades 

Could have had Creed Humphrey and Trey smith. 

[jfra78]

The way it reads is that they thought he would cost 2 2nds, not that they were willing to trade 2 2nds.

[Prowler2k18]

This one is on Scott Fitterer. No way should we have passed up what the Rams offered for Burns. It’s water under the bridge now. Hope the new regime learns from their mistakes. 

[Mistuh Jones]

meh. it's over. Let the turd float downstream. 

[TD alt]

I was tired of the Burns thing. Sure, I thought we could've held out for more, but we probably would've missed out on the guards while fooling around. I'm at peace with it all, as I believe that we are an overall better team.

[mrcompletely11]

41 minutes ago, Prowler2k18 said:

This one is on Scott Fitterer. No way should we have passed up what the Rams offered for Burns. It’s water under the bridge now. Hope the new regime learns from their mistakes. 

Morgan was on board against the trade as well

[Judo Thoreau]

And the 2 from Burns was traded for a lower 2 & next year’s 2 so it’s basically what we got. Can’t really complain too much

[Davidson Deac II]

22 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Morgan was on board against the trade as well

Says who?

All I have seen is rumors and innuendo.  We don't know what was discussed behind closed doors.