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When Rakeem Nunez-Roches first noticed that Brian Burns was attacking voluntary non-padded spring practices with extra attention to detail, refined technique and a will to win every rep, he had to say something.

“And it went into training camp, he was doing the same thing,” Nunez-Roches said. “It’s just all coming together. I always tell him, ‘Hey, bro, you’re trying to get that defensive player of the year, huh?’ ”

Yes, Burns is letting himself dream of taking home the highest honor realistically attainable for an NFL defensive player. Is Burns deterred at all that history suggests

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