Panthers pick up 5th-year option on DE Brian Burns
The Carolina Panthers will exercise their fifth-year option on Pro Bowl edge rusher Brian Burns for 2023. Burns, 24, will make $16 million guaranteed in 2023. "We will pick up the fifth-year option and we have hopes of extending him after that," Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer said Tuesday during a draft week press conference. Fitterer also provided some insight into the team's draft thinking, saying the Panthe