NYG Postgame (vs. Bengals) Select Quotes: OLB Brian Burns
October 13, 2024
Q: Over the past two weeks how you guys have looked defensively overall, what do you make of that?
A: We’ve played well; like I said, there is still so much more that you can do and there are some opportunities that we have to take advantage of in order to change the game. Just speaking from a holistic view; we have been playing well.
Q: How badly does this team miss [Giants WR Malik Nabers] Nabers right now?
A: He definitely brings out a certain energy, he brings out a certain aura when he is on the field. He’s an explosive player and we would love to have him [back out on the field], but we have seen guys step up last week and guys step up this week, so it’s always next-man-up.
Q: My apologies if you have already been asked this, but how frustrating is it to have the defensive performance that you guys did to hold them [the Bengals offense] to 10 points and not pull out the win?
A: Very. Like I said, it’s frustrating and there are more plays to be made and more things that we can do to change the game. If we want to be an elite defense and live up to who we say we are, then we have to make those plays. When that ball came out [the late 4th quarter fumble by the Bengals that the Giants did not recover before going out-of-bounds], that is a ball that we have to get. It’s as simple as that. We had the opportunity. It was on the ground.
Q: That’s kind of a chance-play [the late 4th quarter fumble by the Bengals that the Giants did not recover before going out-of-bounds], but other than that, what more can this defense do?
A: It’s just the details; we have to get back to the drawing board to see exactly what we can do, but there are still plays to be made. I said the fumble because that was the opportunity that we wanted.
