00:00Giants edge rusher, Spider-Man, Brian Burns, this guy right here,
00:03got himself off to a fast start to the season.
00:07His two sacks were the only real highlights in the Giants' loss to the commanders.
00:10So I'm going to break down how he used his speed and his athleticism for those sacks.
00:16But I also have a play that shows how I do not want defensive coordinator
00:20Shane Bowen to use him again for the rest of the season and the rest of his career.
00:25So let's get into this week's Blue Rush film breakdown.
00:28All right, first play is going to show why his get-off is absolutely crazy here, y'all.
00:35This is why he was one of the top edge rushers or guys who applied quick pressures in 2024.
00:42So let's play it and let's break it down.
00:45All right, Giants lined up.
00:47You see him.
00:47He plays a lot.
00:48Never really puts his hand in the ground like a traditional edge rusher.
00:52But here, boom, beats him.
00:54Easy.
00:55Beats him, sacks him, and does that dance.
00:59Now one thing I love about this, when we rewind this back to this play on this wide,
01:04one thing I love about what he does here is he doesn't get pushed wide from this tackle.
01:09Now you have this tight end that's right here.
01:11So that forces that end to push out in terms of his alignment.
01:15A lot of guys, because of that wide alignment, can get up the field a little too much.
01:20And a guy like Jaden Daniels can now step up in a pocket and take off.
01:25But the fact that he was able to beat this tackle clean, and before he gets to Jaden Daniels' drop point,
01:35in terms of that point to where that quarterback puts that foot in the ground before he steps up,
01:39you see him beat him clean here, he's able to bend the corner and get his arms around Jaden Daniels for the sack.
01:47Let's look at it from the tight angle, because the wide just doesn't do this any justice.
01:54All right, so here we go again.
01:56Watch him here.
01:56You see the tight end, Zach Ertz here.
01:58You see the tackle right here.
01:59Again, remember what I was talking about, how some guys can get pushed wide when they go up the field,
02:03when they line up in a wide alignment?
02:06Uh-uh, not Brian Burns.
02:07Here we go.
02:08We'll start this play here.
02:09Just watch how this dude beats the tackle's hands with a simple club wipe.
02:15But it's simple because he uses his speed and ability to get low to burst and round that corner.
02:22That's 6'5", bending that corner, y'all.
02:25And when we talk about NFL football, it's all about the bend, the break, and the burst.
02:30And he had all three on this play.
02:33Last one, because this right here.
02:37Ugh, that's teach tape.
02:39Beats that tackle's upfield arm, so that tackle's right arm, beats it upfield to where he has no other arms.
02:47He's not octo, man.
02:48He has no other arms to try and get hands on the burns and get any sort of phase or push him upfield.
02:55Clean beat, gives him his shoulder, dip, rip, gets skinny, and bends.
03:00And that's why he's at, look at the bend right there.
03:03Look how he is, he's right here at the line.
03:06At that line, he's able to bend, keep his feet, which is absolutely crazy and athletic.
03:12And then he closes in on Jaden Daniels.
03:15Jaden Daniels is one of the most athletic quarterbacks in the league.
03:18But the fact that Brian Burns was able to apply his skill set to that play, boom, Giants got a well-needed sack at the moment.
03:28All right, here's his second sack in the second play.
03:30He's down here.
03:31Now, this was kind of a gimme sack, but I just wanted to show how, again, his burst, how he just closes in on whoever has the football.
03:40So, we'll play it, we'll go ahead and start it here.
03:44It's a busted play or great defense by the Giants secondary to kind of sniff out this quick screen.
03:51And it leaves Jaden Daniels in a terrible situation with free rushers coming off the edge.
03:56Here, great play.
03:58Jaden Daniels tries to shake and bake, tries to give him a spin move.
04:02Again, I understand that the offensive line was thinking quick screen.
04:05Great job by the Giants secondary, Drew Phillips, and I believe that's Cordell Flott identifying the play, reading it, taking away the throwing lane.
04:15But here, you see this five yards of separation right here.
04:20That's Jaden Daniels.
04:21We've seen this guy make a lot of guys miss in a phone booth.
04:25So, when you watch Brian Burns come together and then burst in, he burst right at Jaden Daniels.
04:33He was able to wrap him up and get the sack.
04:36That's two sacks on the day for Spider-Man.
04:38Hell of a day.
04:39He was the bright point on the Giants.
04:41Not only the Giants defense, but just the Giants overall.
04:45Last but not least, here's Agent Zero right here.
04:48I do not want to see this guy in coverage anymore.
04:53When I'm thinking about Brian Burns and Spider-Man, I'm thinking attack, attack, attack.
04:59Let's watch this play because I feel like you take away from his athleticism.
05:04You take away from his skill set when you drop him in a coverage and you don't have him going after a quarterback.
05:11So, here, zone that left side again.
05:13Looks like the first play, right?
05:15But, no, he backs up.
05:16He's kind of got that hook to curl.
05:18He's got that hook to curl zone.
05:21And now, Jaden Daniels uses that against him.
05:23Let's go to the tights so we can really break this play down and show why, like, when you put him out in space like that and you're making him think, that doesn't allow him to play fast.
05:34All right.
05:35So, here he goes.
05:36Right here.
05:37Let's line it up.
05:38Same tackle.
05:39He beat earlier.
05:42Got the hands on the hips.
05:44That doesn't mean you're tired.
05:45That doesn't mean you're tired.
05:46He should be tired this game because he was getting after Jaden Daniels the entire game.
05:50But, here, now he drops in coverage.
05:53Pause right there.
05:55Boom.
05:55Run it back just a little bit.
05:57Right there.
05:59Now, he is in no man's land right here.
06:01Right now, as a DN, edge rusher, outside linebacker, I don't care what you call him.
06:06I call him a freak athlete whose job it is to get after the quarterback.
06:10Right here, he's in no man's land because you have Debo Samuel, the receiver here.
06:14You've got Jaden Daniels right here.
06:16And, now, with Brian Burns' feet like this and not in attack mode, they're wide and not
06:21in a place or in a base to where he can explode and go after Jaden Daniels, he's thinking right
06:27now.
06:28And, as an offense, any time that we see we have a lineman drop into coverage, we're
06:33going to high-low that player.
06:34Whether it be the route concepts, show flash somebody in front of his eyes so we can have
06:39somebody right behind him and make a play behind him.
06:41Or, vice versa, he gets depth and then we dump it off to the guy right in front of him.
06:47But, right here, when you've got a mobile quarterback like Jaden Daniels, he's in no
06:51man's land because he's thinking, do I get depth and try and play the receiver or do I
06:55attack Jaden Daniels?
06:57Giants defense allowed Jaden Daniels to break contain.
07:01So, if he doesn't honor Jaden Daniels, then he hits the sideline here and you know he can
07:07make a create a big play with his legs.
07:09So, right here, Brian Burns is not effective at all.
07:14He chooses, as we play this, he chooses to go after Jaden Daniels, which you have to.
07:19But, again, that allows him to throw the football before Brian Burns had even declared what it
07:26is that he wanted to do.
07:28He was stuck in that no man's land and he wasn't able to play fast.
07:33Again, when he's dropping in coverage, he's Peter Parker.
07:35When he's attacking a quarterback, he is Spider-Man or Spider-Man, Brian Burns, whatever you want
07:42to call him.
07:42Call him by his government, but this dude is one of the top edge rushers in the league when
07:47it comes to applying quick pressures.
07:49So, this week, it's going to be Dak Prescott.
07:51He's not as mobile as Jaden Daniels, but he gets the ball out of his hands very fast.
07:57And this is a guy that's torched the Giants defense, what, the last nine years or so?
08:02So, Spider-Man, not Peter Parker, is going to have to show up in Dallas if the Giants
08:07want any chance to win this game.
08:09The Cowboys have two solid tackles on both sides, and this is going to be a great matchup.
08:15But if Brian Burns uses that speed and athleticism to get him off the ball, oh, for sure, he's
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