Amidst numerous reports of abundant outside interest, Brian Burns showed why other teams are calling up the Carolina Panthers for him. Oh, and he also accomplished a longstanding goal of his in the process.
With just under five minutes remaining in the first half of Sunday’s matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the 24-year-old defensive end finally got to quarterback Tom Brady for the first time in his NFL career. Burns picked up the sack, his fifth of the campaign, on a second-and-10—pushing Brady and his bunch back for a 14-yard loss.
