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Giants injury report: Brian Burns expected to play vs. Falcons

New York Giants LB Brian Burns missed practice again on Thursday, joining a 21-player injury report, but is expected to play vs. Falcons.

The New York Giants took the field on Thursday for their second of three practices ahead of a Week 16 game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Beforehand, head coach Brian Daboll updated the status of several injured players, including linebacker Brian Burns, who he said would not practice for the second straight day but could suit up come Sunday.

“Should be ready to go for the game,” he said of Burns.

Daboll was also optimistic that quarterback Tommy DeVito, who remains in concussion protocol, would serve as QB2 against the Falcons.

“I think he’ll be available,” he said.

Meanwhile, quarterback Drew Lock, who is dealing with heel and elbow issues, made it through Wednesday’s practice okay and remains the projected starter on Sunday.

The Giants’ full Thursday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: OL Aaron Stinnie (concussion), LB Bobby Okereke (backs), LB Brian Burns (ankle), LB Patrick Johnson (knee), CB Greg Stroman Jr. (shoulder/shin)

Limited participant: QB Tommy DeVito (concussion), CB Deonte Banks (ribs), CB Cor’Dale Flott (quad/finger), CB Art Green (shoulder), DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (neck/shoulder), CB Andru Phillips (shoulder), OL John Michael Schmitz (ankle), RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (ankle)

Full participant: LB Dyontae Johnson (ankle), OL Austin Schlottmann (fibula), S Dane Belton (knee), DL Cory Durden (shoulder), QB Drew Lock (heel/elbow), TE Chris Manhertz (ankle), WR Malik Nabers (knee/foot), WR Wan’Dale Robinson (shoulder)

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Giants list an astonishing 21 players on injury report

The New York Giants listed an astonishing 21 players on their Wednesday injury report, including linebackers Brian Burns and Bobby Okereke.

The New York Giants returned to practice on Wednesday afternoon in preparation for a Week 16 game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Before taking the field, head coach Brian Daboll stepped up to the podium and spoke with reporters.

Two days after lacking clarity on the quarterback situation, Daboll revealed that Drew Lock is expected to start on Sunday barring a setback. He also expects Tommy DeVito to clear concussion protocol and serve as QB3.

“Drew should be okay,” Daboll told reporters. “(DeVito) moving through the protocol. He’ll do something today. I envision him being — I mean, who knows with concussions, but he’ll have a chance. If he is, he’ll be number two.”

Tim Boyle, who took over in Week 15, will fill the role of emergency third quarterback.

Meanwhile, Daboll revealed that linebacker Patrick Johnson will likely miss Sunday’s game with a knee issue.

The Giants’ full Wednesday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: OL Aaron Stinnie (concussion), LB Bobby Okereke (backs), LB Brian Burns (ankle), LB Patrick Johnson (knee), CB Greg Stroman Jr. (shoulder/shin)

Limited participant: QB Tommy DeVito (concussion), QB Drew Lock (heel/elbow), CB Deonte Banks (ribs), S Dane Belton (knee), DL Cory Durden (shoulder), CB Cor’Dale Flott (quad), CB Art Green (shoulder), TE Chris Manhertz (ankle), WR Malik Nabers (knee/foot), DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (neck/shoulder), CB Andru Phillips (shoulder), WR Wan’Dale Robinson (shoulder), OL John Michael Schmitz (ankle), RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (ankle)

Full participant: LB Dyontae Johnson (ankle), OL Austin Schlottmann (fibula)

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Brian Burns’ selflessness is one of Giants’ few positives

New York Giants LB Brian Burns has played through injuries and pain, often refusing to leave the field when the excuses would be valid.

New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns came into this season as a trade acquisition who would help change the culture of a losing team.

Thus far, Burns has not been successful, as the Giants have won just twice in the first 15 weeks of the season but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t made an impression on the field and in the locker room.

Burns, who has 8.0 sacks this season and is far from done, has played through some nagging injuries and has rarely come off the field, playing on over 82 percent of the defensive snaps this season.

“Yeah, competitive young man,” head coach Brian Daboll said on Monday. “He’s been productive for us. Tough, he’s fought through some stuff, nicks and bruises here, done a nice job in his leadership role for us. I’m glad we have him.”

Burns has filled in the leadership void with many of the team’s captains either gone or out hurt. The six-year veteran, who began his career with the Carolina Panthers, has taken charge but hasn’t forgotten it’s a team game.

“I’m proud of the guys that stepped up with Dex being out, Bobby (Okereke) being out,” Burns said after the Giants’ 14-11 loss to the New Orleans Saints last week.

“They did a great job. Those young guys, some of them never even played in a game. So, I’m extremely proud of how they handled themselves today.”

The Giants have ways to go when it comes to becoming competitive again but there are a couple of elements and strong points to build on going forward

Burns has been one of them.

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Giants’ Brian Burns says brutal blindside block by Ravens was just football

New York Giants LB Brian Burns took a brutal blindside block against the Baltimore Ravens but says it’s just the nature of football.

New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns joined an elite group on Sunday when he sacked Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson in the first quarter.

It was Burns’ eighth sack of the season, making him the eighth player in NFL history to record 7.5 or more sacks in each of their first six seasons to begin their career.

It didn’t come without a price, however. Burns nearly got taken out shortly after by the Ravens’ massive offensive tackle Daniel Faalele on a blindside hit.

Burns said he was “beat up a bit” after the game but the hit didn’t end his day. The Pro Bowler was able to return a few plays later to finish the game but make no mistake, he got his bell rung.

“Yeah, he lined me up. I was focused on Lamar as he was trying to get outside. And yeah, he kind of just blindsided me,” Burns told reporters.

“I feel like if he wanted to probably hit me harder because I wasn’t looking. But still felt it. Yeah. Football.”

The Giants’ pride took quite a hit as well after they lost their ninth straight game. Burns knows what losing is coming from the Carolina Panthers, who drafted him in the first round back in 2019.

During his five seasons in Carolina, the Panthers never won more than seven games in a season and recorded double-digit losses every year.

“I don’t know,” Burns said when asked what the feeling of the locker room was after the Giants suffered through the 35-14 loss to Baltimore. “It really wasn’t too much talking after this game. Probably get a better feel on Monday.”

Well, Monday is here and things don’t look much better.

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Giants’ lost season has some small silver linings

Things have not gone well for the New York Giants this season but there are some small silver linings entering the final few weeks.

The New York Giants are 2-11 after 14 weeks of this 2024 NFL season and with a loss on Sunday to the Baltimore Ravens will enter into some infamous territory.

A loss would be their ninth straight, tying the franchise record for consecutive losses set in 1976 and equaled in 2003-2004 and again in 2019.

It would also be their eighth home loss of the season, a new high (or low, however you look at it). The record for consecutive home losses is 10, set between 1973-75.

The Giants are averaging 14.9 points per game. If they continue at this pace, it will be their second-lowest offensive output since the league expanded to a 16-game format in 1978. In 1979, they averaged 14.8 PPG.

So, is there any good news coming out of this depressing season? Any “silver linings?”

Yes, there are a few.

Let’s start with the bittersweet story of second-round pick Tyler Nubin. The rookie safety was leading the Giants — and all NFL rookies — in tackles (98). Unfortunately, Nubin was placed on injured reserve (IR) this week with an ankle injury and will miss the remainder of the season.

Then, of course, there is first-round pick Malik Nabers, who is in line to set some franchise records. He currently has 80 receptions with four games remaining. He is on pace to record 109 catches, which would pass the franchise record for rookies (91 – Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley) and the all-time single-season record set by Steve Smith in 2009 (107).

Fifth-round pick Tyrone Tracy Jr. ranks second among NFL rookies in rush yards (664) and fourth in scrimmage yards (880) despite the Giants using him in a rotation with Devin Singletary.

Edge rusher Brian Burns is playing up to his billing and is not done yet. He leads the team with 12 tackles for a loss and has 7.0 sacks. Burns is one of three players with seven or more sacks in each of the past six seasons. Las Vegas’ Maxx Crosby and Myles Garrett of Cleveland are the others.

Inside linebackers Bobby Okereke and Micah McFadden are building their resumes further this season. Okereke needs seven tackles to achieve his fourth straight 100-plus tackle season (second with the Giants).

Last week, McFadden became the fifth player in the past five seasons with five tackles for a loss in a single game. This week, he’s aiming for his fourth game in a row at home with 11-plus tackles.

And that concludes the good news. With four weeks to go, there could be more as the Giants try to end this season on an uptick.

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Darren Rizzi highlights battle in the trenches for Saints vs. Giants

Darren Rizzi knows stopping Kayvon Thibodeaux and Brian Burns is imperative. Taliese Fuaga and Trevor Penning must rise to the occasion:

A lot of pressure rests on the New Orleans Saints’ young offensive tackles as they take on the New York Giants’ duo of Kayvon Thibodeaux and Brian Burns on the edges.

Interim head coach Darren Rizzi understands the importance of Taliese Fuaga and Trevor Penning protecting Derek Carr in Week 14. Rizzi told the media earlier this week, “We got to do a great job of protecting the edge this week. That’s going to be a big part of what we do.”

Rizzi continued: “They have two playmakers on the edges between Burns and Thibodeaux. We’ve known Burns in this division for a long, long time. He’s wrecked a lot of games for people. They just got Thib back on the other side. Those guys are a problem.”

For Fuaga, this continues a stretch of facing formidable pass rushers. He’s stood up to Myles Garrett, Jared Verse and now this duo in consecutive weeks, with a bye week in that span. Penning struggled against the Rams as Verse racked up a multitude of pressures. The offensive tackle is looking to bounce back.

As for the offensive interior? The Saints are hoping to get several starters back from injury, including Erik McCoy and Lucas Patrick, but that’s where the Giants may be weakest up front. A potentially season-ending injury to Dexter Lawrence puts the focus concretely on New York’s edge defenders. Fuaga and Penning must be on point this Sunday.

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Brian Burns looking ahead to 2025 is a telling sign for feckless Giants

New York Giants LB Brian Burns is looking ahead to what the 2024 rookie class can do in 2025 and that’s another sign the locker room is lost.

The New York Giants have six games remaining on their 2024 regular season schedule but some players are already looking ahead to next year.

Following Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at MetLife Stadium, linebacker Brian Burns praised the team’s rookie class but did it in a way that may indicate he’s checked out.

From The Athletic:

The rookie struggles can be chalked up as growing pains, and Burns said, “they’re going to be key players for us next year.” It was a bit alarming, however, that Burns was talking about next year with six games remaining in this season. But that’s where things stand for the Giants.

As his teammates described their Week 12 performance as “soft,” Burns called it “ass.” Other players, such as wide receiver Darius Slayton and offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor, implied some of their teammates are giving less than 100 percent.

Maybe they, too, are beginning to look ahead to 2025. After all, it’s clear this season is lost.

Still, remarking on what the rookie class will do a year from now when there are still games to be played is a poor indicator of where the team’s focus is. They should be honed in on the now but that’s obviously not the case.

You can hardly blame Burns for looking ahead, especially when his comment came off the cuff, but the optics are poor and paint an ugly picture for head coach Brian Daboll.

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Giants players offer candid, damning comments following ugly Week 12 loss

New York Giants players, from Dexter Lawrence to Malik Nabers, got candid after a Week 12 loss and their comments may lead to firings.

The New York Giants were pounded by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-7, on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium in a lackluster effort that showed that there is a heckuva lot more wrong with this team than just Daniel Jones.

Fans booed — and many even left at halftime — as the Giants dropped their sixth straight game to fall to 2-9. They are tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars for the worst record in the NFL and are currently in line to select second overall in next year’s NFL draft.

But the fans weren’t the only ones who panned the Giants’ effort. They know they stink right now and weren’t shy in telling reporters that after the game.

Rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers said he was “tired of losing” and that the reason for losing was not the quarterback.

“I don’t know what it is,” he said. “Everybody knows better than me.”

Nabers, the team’s electric first-round pick, was not targeted in the first half. He wasn’t pleased as weren’t Giant fans. He also called the team “soft as (expletive).”

Defensive captain Dexter Lawrence also said the team played “soft” and admitted “they beat the (expletive) out of us.” Nabers also called the team “soft.”

Offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor said he personally didn’t think everyone was “giving 100 percent.”

It sure seems like this team is not functioning like one at the moment. The players don’t appear to trust the coaches any longer. That is a very dangerous position to be in.

Even linebacker Brian Burns had to take a moment to calm himself before saying something negative about the coaching staff.

There is only one solution to that predicament but we’re not likely to see anyone fired until after the season, if at all.

As a person who has followed this franchise since the mid-1960s, I’ve been through some down periods but this one just might be the ugliest. The issues might just start as high as the ownership group and work its way on down.

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Panthers QB Bryce Young, Giants OLB Brian Burns renew friendship in Germany

Panthers QB Bryce Young and Giants OLB Brian Burns embraced a few times this past weekend in Germany.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young got more than just his swagger back this past weekend.

His team’s Week 10 visit to Munich, Germany ended in glorious fashion—as the Panthers walked off on the New York Giants en route to a 20-17 victory. The overtime win saw Young deliver yet another encouraging performance—as he passed for 126 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions in a clean, confident and effective offering.

Young’s triumphant trip overseas also gave him the opportunity to reconnect with an old friend, New York Giants outside linebacker Brian Burns.

Burns, of course, spent the first five seasons of his NFL career in Carolina before being traded to New York this past spring. The last, 2023, was Young’s first—one in which the two evidently built a very strong bond.

Here’s a shot of Young and Burns meeting up in Munich prior to kickoff of Sunday’s matchup:

And here are some shots of Young and Burns meeting up a few times during said matchup:

They also dapped up one last time before heading back their separate ways:

In addition to the sack, Burns ended the day against his former team and current buddy with a season-high nine combined tackles.

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Giants’ Brian Burns ‘hurt’ by ugly overtime loss to Panthers

New York Giants LB Brian Burns admits it “hurt” to lose to his former team, the Carolina Panthers, in such humiliating fashion.

The New York Giants lost their fifth straight game on Sunday in Germany, falling to the Carolina Panthers in embarrassing fashion.

Brian Burns, who spent the first five years of his NFL career with Carolina, was particularly hurt by the loss.

“Yeah, it hurt,” he told reporters. “You know, losing like that and losing to a team I spent extended amount of time with hurt, and seeing all those faces that was in the building was a little tough. But it was straight. I was happy to see them.”

Burns was a notable performer against his former team, but in the end, the Giants left Munich with a loss to one, if not the worst team in the NFL.

Burns had a sack less than a minute into the game, one of two tackles for a loss, and nine total tackles on the day.

Ahead of Sunday’s game, Burns made it clear he was taking a business-as-usual approach to preparing for the matchup against his former team and claimed he held no grudge against the franchise.

While he had an impressive individual performance against his former team, both Burns and his new team would have certainly liked to come away with a win.

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