
Giants’ Brians Burns plans to pay it forward with Kayvon Thibodeaux mentorship
NY Post
They all need someone to help show them the way.
Brian Burns broke into the NFL in 2019 with the Panthers, a lousy team with plenty of experienced defensive linemen. Available to Burns for brain-picking were Gerald McCoy, Dontari Poe, Mario Addison and Bruce Irvin.
“A lot of vets to learn from,’’ Burns said.
The next season, those vets were gone and Burns, in his second NFL season, at 22 years of age, in some ways had to go it alone.
“I was kind of the leader of the group,’’ he said.
In 2021, Burns was provided with a teammate that helped him in his quest to become a feared edge rusher.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












