The New York Giants pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Carolina Panthers for two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Brian Burns back in March, but not before Giants general manager Joe Schoen had to put his foot down.
In a preview of a new episode of HBO's Hard Knocks: Offseason With the New York Giants, which will air on Tuesday night, Schoen makes a goal-line stand in the final trade negotiations with Panthers general manager and president of football operations Dan Morgan.
The clip features Schoen speaking on the phone with Morgan, who attempted, to no avail, to obtain an additional seventh-round pick out of the Giants in the Burns trade.
Joe Schoen's final negotiations to seal the Brian Burns trade
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"Oh my God," Schoen exclaimed. "What are we—What are we doing, Dan? Why do we need to add on a seventh, Dan? Like, come on. You and I are going to be doing this for a long time ... hopefully ... And, like, we gotta have allies.
"I don't want to throw in a seventh. Like, I need players too, Dan. I mean, we're picking six. You guys would be picking one. Like, let's just do what we said on the last one. I mean, that works out. We met you in the middle with some of your demands."
The ending of the clip shows Schoen and Morgan coming to an agreement on the deal, with the former requesting to have Burns's phone number so he could reach out to him.
New York acquired Burns from Carolina in exchange for a '24 second-round draft pick, a '25 fifth-round pick and a swap of '24 fifth-rounders. The Giants then inked a five-year, $150 million contract with Burns, who they hope will revitalize a pass rush that has been among the league's worst the past few seasons.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as 'Hard Knocks' Clip Shows Giants' Joe Schoen Refusing to Budge in Brian Burns Trade Talks.
