Brian Burns answered questions about the week and Damar Hamlin, his injury and the 2023 Pro Bowl.
All right guys let's go let's go look You're a limping substantially there What are your thoughts on whether you'll Be able to play on Sunday uh I'm hopeful Um but right now I'm just in the Training room trying to get it get it Right do everything I can for Sunday This is one of those niggs and bruises You'd be dealing with throughout the Season Um nothing too crazy honestly uh but Yeah you know you just tweak them along Along the way Brian I'm not sure we've had a chance to Ask you about uh Demar Hamlin but were You watching that game live and what Were your what have been your thoughts As the weeks progressed Um no actually I wasn't watching it live Um but um my phone when I got to my Phone it was non-stop Um it's scary uh I'm glad he's okay I keep up with it I I Um I stay in the loop on everything he's Going through and what the bills are Going through and I'm glad and and um I Prayed for him I'm glad he's okay but That's scary man scary for for everybody In this league scary for him especially Um But uh I'm just glad he's doing better [Music] This profession that you're in
No Um no not at all Um It's just this is one of those I guess Freak accidents Um It didn't really make me reconsider it It's just it's just an eye-opener that It can happen to you as well you know What I mean like um like when people Hear about freak accidents or whatever The case may be it's like oh yeah it's Crazy that never happened to me or Something like that but like here you Got a perfectly healthy athlete that um Was just You know what I'm saying just just going Out there living this you know I'm Living this life doing his thing and it Just happened you know I mean so it's Just like damn but Like I don't know if you guys have a Relationship but like Josh sweat for Instance had a scary situation Is it easier to disconnect when you Don't know the guy Or like compartmentalized no not really Because I would say um I mean of course of Course when Josh when Josh had his Incident Um I was a lot more worried because I I Know him personally and that's like my You know I'm saying it's like my brother
But um Just because I don't know Demar doesn't Make it easy any easier because we're All pretty much the same when we step on That field like we're all players and We're all together it's like so it's Like if anybody has that that crazy Injury I can just imagine it being Myself or one of my close close friends So nah it's not hard it's not easy to Disconnect from it Brian you are within reach of that Seasoned franchise sack record How do you weigh fat versus your ankle And kind of You know some serious Business you have to do this off season Potentially with you know future Contracts and stuff Um I would say my main thing wouldn't Really because I I kind of even forgot Not forgot but I kind of like pushed the Uh the season stack sack see whatever Record I kind of put that behind me um When it came to these last couple games Of uh you know making the playoffs and Getting these wins so I kind of was Haven't even been thinking about it but Um I feel like that'll come within time Uh I'm not really too too pressed for it Because like I said the way I wanted These these double digits the more you Want it is the longer it take to come
Here so I'm just gonna let it happen as It happens and I'm not gonna try to Force the issue but I mean it means a Lot to me and I definitely want to get There I definitely want to you know I'm Saying take that record but I'ma just Let it happen as it goes The Pro Bowl When is the Pro Bowl A few weeks Uh yeah I'd be healthy Brian What where are you taking your biggest Try this year Um Uh I say this you mean physically or Just in general As a player yeah Um It's definitely a lot more room to grow But uh I feel like as far as like my Power moves and my power rushes have Been better Um I've probably Used them a lot more than I've I've even Used speed this year Um but I would say my biggest Biggest Improvement is definitely my IQ Continues to grow Um and that's just from a standpoint of Uh and I give credit where credit is due To my coaches Don Al Um even survival at times they they they Helped me increase my IQ probably Tremendously and
You know being put in like a leadership Role from like my second year to now Um has kind of also helped so like just Like my my knowledge of the game and my Knowledge of my position Uh especially as just skyrocketed I don't know the performance Um we're doing like competition stuff Yeah I thought it was like a 707 or Something like that So that doesn't really do much for me it Does it I don't know but I mean it's it's I Don't really know much about the format But I know that like I had a great time Last year you know I'm saying meeting my Uh well meeting Other Guys across the League and guys that I probably looked Up to when I was younger Um that I never really got a chance to Talk to and meet in person so that was Great and um there's a lot of knowledge I picked up uh out there so And I was only one Pro Bowl but you got A favorite moment out of that Oh I'll probably just say Outside of like um you know I'm saying Celebrating and spending time with my my Friends and family I would say the Practices in the uh and the game itself Just being around those guys and uh Being able to pick Chan Jones and And guys like Robert Queen guys like
That that I'll probably never you know What I'm saying talk to on a regular Basis uh to be able to pick their brain And learn new things from them whether You compete or play in the seven on Seven deal do you think you will go and Be present at the phone yeah yeah Um from going against icky in practice To a guy like Arnold uh being in your Same past rushing room how would you uh Articulate the way the rookie classes Handle the rigors of NFL season now that We're coming into week 18. talk about a Rookie wall or anything with this class Um From those two Um especially I feel like they handed it Pretty well Um I feel like I've seen icky make some Huge jumps Um throughout the season I see him grow Up Um I think he's played pretty well Um and from from a bar no standpoint Just being around him every day he takes Coaching and and I don't know like It sounds so weird because I'm only 24. But he reminds me of a young me you know What I'm saying that's weird but uh like He takes the coaching and like he he Watches me he you know I'm saying he Studies and everything like that and I Can see uh All the his attentiveness is is showing
Through through uh through his reps you Know I'm saying like he's starting to Look more and more like like himself but Me uh yeah and it's great like he has no Like he has no no ego no you know I'm Saying no arrogance to him he just he's Just willing to work and he's just Trying to get better so I love that About barno but yeah with those two I Feel like I feel like they they they Endured the season pretty well So how much would it mean to you to have Your own no way home and have a spider Bar no yeah No I mean like for real like You're a guy who's been Funny another you know nine to ten SEC Guy obviously you how much would it help You to see somebody develop into that Role uh that's what's up uh I would love To see barnold grow into that road I Mean that'd be cool uh Spider bar no That's funny Um Yeah you're funny for that Um yeah I would love to see Barn no Excel in that way Um I think he's capable of doing it so Yeah for sure Josh Norman Batman versus Spider-Man Brian bird challenges or anything nah Right now we're trying to determine uh It's not really they're not really Trying to determine anything but Utah
Still calls itself The Dark Knight so He's trying to figure that out [Laughter]
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