The New York Giants traded for Carolina Panthers’ two-time Professional Bowl linebacker Brian Burns on Monday in alternate for a 2025 fifth-round decide and 2024 second-round choice (No. 39 total), in addition to a 2024 fifth-round swap.
Burns was additionally awarded with a five-year, $141 million contract extension from the Giants which features a $25 million signing bonus, $87.5 million in ensures, and a mean annual wage of $28.2 million.
This could say $10.75M of the *2026* wage is absolutely assured at signing. So the primary two years are absolutely assured and a giant chunk of 12 months 3. Backside line, Burns is not going anyplace for no less than three years.
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) March 12, 2024
Burns turns into the Giants’ third-highest-paid participant (cap-hit smart) behind quarterback Daniel Jones ($47.1 million) and left sort out Andrew Thomas ($23.6 million).
The Giants at the moment are simply roughly $9.1 million below the wage cap as the brand new league yr is about to start Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET.
