Giants All-Pro Reveals Brian Burns’ Secret

A New York Giants All-Pro revealed the secrets of 2025 team sack leader, edge-rusher Brian Burns. GettyThey’ve used two top-five NFL draft picks to select edge-rushers, but the best move the New York Giants have made at the position is still the trade to acquire Brian Burns, who has made the deal look like a bargain by becoming one of the most prolific sack artists in the league. Now one of Burns’ Giants teammates has revealed the secrets to the three-time Pro Bowler’s game.

General manager Joe Schoen hasn’t earned many plaudits, but his decision to send a second-round pick and two fifth-rounders to the Carolina Panthers in 2024 looked like a masterstroke when Burns logged 16.5 sacks in a Giants uniform last season.Burns has upped his game since joining Big Blue, and no player is better positioned to explain why than Giants’ second-team All-Pro left tackle Andrew Thomas.

He told Giants Nation Show host Bobby Skinner what makes Burns tougher to block than fellow edge defenders Abdul Carter and Kayvon Thibodeaux.Thomas revealed Burns “has the athletic gifts where he can bend, lateral quickness, all that stuff like that. He’s lanky.”

Physical talent alone isn’t what sets Burns apart. Instead, Thomas dished the dirt on what else makes the 28-year-old dominant.Thomas also spelled out what Carter and Thibodeaux must do to get to quarterbacks more often and justify their lofty draft status.

Andrew Thomas Names Brian Burns’ X FactorPinpointing what makes Burns special prompted Thomas to focus on “his understanding of the game and how to set up his rushes. He’ll make rushes look similar, he’ll set you up. He’s reading your sets.

I think that’s what makes it really tough, and then I don’t think he gets a lot of credit for his hands. I think he has really good hands, especially if you’re attacking with your outside hand. He’ll lift it, he’ll grab it and get around you.”

Cerebral and athletic qualities like those Thomas has had to combat in practice are why the Giants should alread