The only reason that the Rams have Jared Verse is that the Carolina Panthers didn’t want them to have Brian Burns. Not even for the two first round picks that L.A. offered, according to SI’s Albert Breer way back in 2022, which included the 2024 pick that the Rams used to select Verse. The other pick would have been the one that the Rams used to trade the Falcons for their second round pick this year and first round pick next year.

Thanks, Panthers!

The Panthers would later fire Scott Fitterer, the general manager who turned down L.A.’s offer and then later traded up for Bryce Young at the top of the 2023 draft. After rejecting trades for Burns for multiple years, Fitterer was fired two months prior to Carolina sending him to the New York Giants for merely a second round pick and a fifth

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