Insert "That's 800,000 dollars too much lol" comment here.
You can buy bread for 79 cents and burn it in a toaster and it will be just as effective as Artie Burns.
Hey I got an idea, why not take $800,000 and throw it in the garbage can, that might work too.
See you Space Cowboy ...
Unless the Steelers trade him,Burns will be a steelers in 2019.
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They should arrest Burns for stealing a paycheck.
All Defense!
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Burns - the draft pick that made us forget about Jarvis Jones!
Originally Posted by DesertSteel
This is finally gonna be his year, guys!
I heard Dupree is just a hair away from having a breakout season too!
Burns-Dupree All-Pro in 2019, can you feel it?
See you Space Cowboy ...
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I am going to laugh my ass off in February if those two are on the Pro-bowl team for legitimate reasons (not everyone else dodging the game).
Butler think that Dupree will be the key for the steelers defense!
People will rag on Artie Burns for giving up the long reception in 7v7 but I thought he had another nice day.
https://steelersdepot.com/2019/07/20...diary-day-two/
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At least Artie Burns still has a Job...Not the case for another first round pick in 2016....
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I sincerely hope Burns comes back and proves all of us wrong. This may be the worst waste of $800,000 since the 'Bertha' tunnell.
PAY DAY!!!
DOLLAR DOLLAR BILLS YALL!
LOL
Who Cares? This has been the biggest over-blown issue of the off-season. Play it out in your head:
1. Team cuts Burns to not pay the $800K roster bonus.
2. Team now needs another sub 27 year old athletic CB to round out the group for the rest of training camp.
3. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/contract.../type-veteran/ -- that's the veteran CB salary chart. Take a look at what $800K or less gets you. This is the list of currently available guys that have played in the NFL before: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-age...ack/available/.
4. For $800K or less, Artie Burns is the most physically gifted athlete you are going to sign. In theory he knows the defense. In theory he could learn some technique and be a better depth option than anyone else currently available. I get that is not acceptable return for a 1st round pick, but consider the alternatives.
5. $800K is chump change for an NFL team. O. Khan could find $800K in cap space in less than 15 minutes.
Long story short, this is not a big deal. It is not like there are amazing CBs just hanging out on the open market that the team is passing on to keep Artie Burns around. You want an actual thing to worry over? How about this:
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/pittsbur...erfield-12673/
Cutting that unplayable waste of space is halfway to what Tre Boston made last year. Now, I have no idea of Boston would consider signing here (rumored that his old GM is gonna get him a job with NYG) and further if the team wants to open up competition with Davis...but Dangerfield is just as much (if not more) of waste of roster spot than Burns. Yet no one complains...
Dangerfield is currently running 3rd string at FS behind Sean Davis and Kameron Kelly.
https://steelersdepot.com/2019/07/20...p-depth-chart/
I don't know who is Kameron Kelly.
Re-visiting the 2018 NFL Draft, and newly acquired Steelers CB Kameron Kelly
By Pittsblitz56 May 12, 2019
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed CB Kameron Kelly from the AAF, and it is only appropriate we go back and take a look at some of his strengths and weaknesses.
https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.co...f-profile-news
Good. Dangerfield has repeatedly proven to be totally unplayable in either base defense or sub packages. He simply isn't a good enough athlete.
He is the Matakevich of the DBs just without STs splash plays.
Good play by Artie Burns...Kelly with the interception....Not a good play by Ben too!
this is going to be Artie's breakout year...
Never a good thing when a player need to return to his rookie form...
I would agree with this 100%. If you cannot have a guy on the field because he is too much of a liability on any regular defensive play, then what the hell is he doing on the roster.
As for Burns, you are right that we are not going to sign anyone who is clearly better for $800K. I think we are all just tired of seeing these players hang around for one more chance after they've already had one more chance, and it seems pretty clear-cut that we have a player who just does not have that special something that makes a good NFL player. Continuing to chase after "potential" long after that ship has sailed. We waste too much time on that type of bullshit, and I'd rather see us cut our losses sooner and cycle through a few low-risk, high-reward prospects with those roster spots. Oh well, at least we're not paying this one $10 million to suck this year.
See you Space Cowboy ...
Haha, no shit!
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