Some more perspective on Burns: Hargreaves was taken 2 or 3 CBs before Burns in the first and everyone figured he was gonna be a star. He has completely struggled this season:
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/...non-hargreaves -- "Hargreaves is Pro Football Focus' No. 108 cover corner out of 112 qualifiers and has given up the third-most yards in his coverage of those 112 corners."
Same with Eli Apple:
"The only constant has been Apple's struggles. It sounds like further reduced playing time could be in the cards." --
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/11332/eli-apple
ALexander got redshirted on IR last year even though he was practicing because Vikings figured he wasn't ready. Appears to be more of the same this year:
"Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said second-year CB Mackensie Alexander needs to "understand his assignments better." --
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/...nsie-alexander
William Jackson III is still the 3rd or 4th CB on the Bengals after an injury red-shirt year essentially.
What is my point?
Most DBs take a few years to develop. It appears that Burns is either on par or ahead of every DB in his draft cohort besides Jalen Ramsey. I mean Burns still doesn't always tackle well, celebrates tying his shoes, and is not assignment sound on each and every play. But at least he can get on the field and put in a legit NFL caliber performance. Most of his draft class can not say the same thing.