July 3, 2024

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The Detroit Lions should look everywhere in the summer for a quality edge rusher to complement Aidan Hutchinson.
It will be expensive to acquire a proven edge rusher. The Lions must balance the dangers vs the costs and choose the best fit given how highly they regard that. An edge rusher that makes a major splash should ideally be a combination of excellent, seasoned, and reasonably youthful.
When you include his age (25, 26 on April 23), production (at least 7.5 sacks all five seasons of his career), possible unfulfilled upside, and versatility, Brian Burns is one of the best free agency edge rushers available, if not the best.
When you combine Brian Burns’ age (25, 26 on April 23), production (at least 7.5 sacks all five seasons of his career), potential unrealized upside, and the Carolina Panthers’ inability to work out a long-term deal, he’s one of the best free agent edge rushers available, if not the best.

Burns can, of course, be franchise-tagged by the Panthers and kept for a another season. However, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer proposed the notion of a tag-and-trade involving Burns in answer to a query on franchise tags and tag-and-trade prospects.

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