New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns joined an elite group on Sunday when he sacked Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson within the first quarter.
It was Burns’ eighth sack of the season, making him the eighth participant in NFL historical past to document 7.5 or extra sacks in every of their first six seasons to start their profession.
It didn’t come with out a worth, nonetheless. Burns practically bought taken out shortly after by the Ravens’ large offensive sort out Daniel Faalele on a blindside hit.
Brian Burns bought completely destroyed by Daniel Faalele on that field-reversing scrambled. Appears to be like like he is OK on the sideline however he by no means noticed that block coming from a 6-8, 380-pounder.
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) December 15, 2024
Burns mentioned he was “beat up a bit” after the sport however the hit didn’t finish his day. The Professional Bowler was in a position to return a couple of performs later to complete the sport however make no mistake, he bought his bell rung.
“Yeah, he lined me up. I used to be targeted on Lamar as he was attempting to get exterior. And yeah, he form of simply blindsided me,” Burns instructed reporters.
“I really feel like if he wished to in all probability hit me more durable as a result of I wasn’t wanting. However nonetheless felt it. Yeah. Soccer.”
The Giants’ delight took fairly successful as properly after they misplaced their ninth straight recreation. Burns is aware of what dropping is coming from the Carolina Panthers, who drafted him within the first spherical again in 2019.
Throughout his 5 seasons in Carolina, the Panthers by no means gained greater than seven video games in a season and recorded double-digit losses yearly.
“I don’t know,” Burns mentioned when requested what the sensation of the locker room was after the Giants suffered by way of the 35-14 loss to Baltimore. “It actually wasn’t an excessive amount of speaking after this recreation. In all probability get a greater really feel on Monday.”
Effectively, Monday is right here and issues don’t look a lot better.
