Brutal blindside block by Ravens ‘simply soccer’

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

It was Burns’ eighth sack of the season, making him the eighth participant in NFL historical past to report 7.5 or extra sacks in every of their first six seasons to start their profession.

It didn’t come and not using a worth, nevertheless. Burns practically acquired taken out shortly after by the Ravens’ huge offensive sort out Daniel Faalele on a blindside hit.

Brian Burns acquired completely destroyed by Daniel Faalele on that field-reversing scrambled. Seems like he is OK on the sideline however he by no means noticed that block coming from a 6-8, 380-pounder.

— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) December 15, 2024

Burns stated he was “beat up a bit” after the sport however the hit didn’t finish his day. The Professional Bowler was in a position to return a number of performs later to complete the sport however make no mistake, he acquired his bell rung.

“Yeah, he lined me up. I used to be centered on Lamar as he was attempting to get exterior. And yeah, he type of simply blindsided me,” Burns informed reporters.

“I really feel like if he needed to in all probability hit me more durable as a result of I wasn’t trying. However nonetheless felt it. Yeah. Soccer.”

The Giants’ satisfaction took fairly a success as nicely after they misplaced their ninth straight sport. Burns is aware of what shedding is coming from the Carolina Panthers, who drafted him within the first spherical again in 2019.

Throughout his 5 seasons in Carolina, the Panthers by no means gained greater than seven video games in a season and recorded double-digit losses yearly.

“I don’t know,” Burns stated when requested what the sensation of the locker room was after the Giants suffered by the 35-14 loss to Baltimore. “It actually wasn’t an excessive amount of speaking after this sport. In all probability get a greater really feel on Monday.”

Effectively, Monday is right here and issues don’t look significantly better.