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• john yun

  

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  April 8, 2023 9:17 PM EDT

  The went for it with . They really, really went for it.The defending champs have finally been revealed as the team that offered two first-round picks for pa s rusher Brian Burns. But that wasn't all.The Rams put up their 2024 first, 2025 first a 2023 second-round pick in an attempt to secure Burns from Carolina. The Panthers and GM Scott Fitterer, as we know, said no.It's a significant package Carolina turned down Cam Talbot Jersey , albeit one that was easier to reject with no 2023 first-round pick. A Carolina source told CBS Sports the team Ryan Smyth Jersey didn't like its prospects of replacing Burns any time soon. "When you look at free agency and the draft, there's not a lot coming up, especially compared to the player Brian is," the source said. "We didn't think we could replace Brian Burns."Carolina obviously views Burns as a foundational piece. Burns, a young corner in , a young left tackle in Ickey Ekwonu make up three of the four nece sary pieces for a succe sful Jonas Gustavsson Jersey , with the Panthers planning to find a quarterback via the draft in 2023.After the Rams struck out on McCaffrey, Rams GM Les Snead re-engaged Fitterer. A source says the original offer was two first-round picks, and then the Rams upped the offer by adding the 2023 second-rounder. The Panthers "didn't want to" make the deal but did give it serious consideration. Not dealing Burns for a haul like that indicates the Panthers are sure to make Burns one of the highest-paid pa s rushers in the this offseason, Jean-Francois Jacques Jersey well above the $110 million extension just received from the .There's also the matter of the me sage it would have sent to the players in the Carolina locker room. With an interim head coach, no quarterback of the future on the roster , the Panthers could ill-afford to ship out another blue chip player in the same month while looking the remaining players in the eye and tell them they're still trying to win games.The sort of offer for Burns further indicates the all-in nature of the Rams. L.A. hasn't used its own first-round pick since drafting in 2016, and this deal would have likely meant the Rams wouldn't have had a first until a full decade later as it continues to maximize the remaining time it has Milan Lucic Jersey with head coach Sean McVay and defensive tackle .