New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns was visibly upset after the team’s 21-18 loss to the Washington Commanders in Week 2.
The loss was a deflating one, and likely preventable. The Giants played the game without a kicker after Graham Gano pulled a hamstring on the opening kickoff. It severely limited them on offense and cost them dearly on the scoreboard.
The Giants became the first team in NFL history to score three touchdowns, allow none, and lose the game in regulation.
“Hats off to them, they did a great job executing,” Burns said, via the New York Post. “That offensive style, I got to watch the film to see exactly what happened but just the read option and the RPO, they’re able to kind of manipulate the defense in a way where everybody has to do their one job. If somebody’s out of their gap, they can hit it.”
Burns had some other comments that we’ll call “not safe for work.”
“When you shoot yourself in the foot, you’re f—–g yourself,” he said, via SNY.
Burns described himself as “pissed” and said the “competitive stamina” of this team must improve.
“When we have somebody by the throat, we have to finish them off. I feel like our competitive stamina needs to heighten in that aspect,” he said, via the New York Post.
The Giants allowed 215 yards on the ground and held the ball for a measly 22 minutes and change in the game. Theoretically, they should have been blown out. Their red zone defense kept the Commanders out of the end zone on six trips.
Burns finished the game with three tackles and one pass defensed.
