The Carolina Panthers traded two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Brian Burns to the New York Giants on Monday. At least one man is not happy with Carolina’s return — country star Luke Combs.
Burns was traded for two draft picks, a 2024 second-rounder and a 2025 fifth. Combs, seeing that return and remembering what the Panthers got (or more to the point, didn’t get) when they traded Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers in 2022, voiced his frustration.
“@Panthers WHAT ARE WE DOING?!?!?,” a frustrated Combs tweeted. “No first round pick for McCaffrey a few years back and now none for Burns?!?! Are we just fire bombing the whole team here or what? I usually don’t comment on these kinds of things but it’s just becoming slow torture at this point.”
.@Panthers WHAT ARE WE DOING?!?!? No first round pick for McCaffrey a few years back and now none for Burns?!?! Are we just fire bombing the whole team here or what? I usually don’t comment on these kinds of things but it’s just becoming slow torture at this point.
— Luke Combs 🎤 (@lukecombs) March 12, 2024
Indeed, McCaffrey was traded for a second, third and fourth-round pick in 2023 and a fifth-rounder in 2024.
Some fans were not surprised to see Combs’ reaction, noting that is song, “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” specifically says “Longneck, ice cold beer never broke my heart Like diamond rings and football teams Have torn this boy apart.”
Well to be fair he did say football teams broke his heart https://t.co/6nt3fCNC1a
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) March 12, 2024
Longneck, ice cold beer never broke my heart
Like diamond rings and football teams
Have torn this boy apart
Like a neon dream it just dawned on me
The bars and this guitar
And longneck, ice cold beer never broke my heart https://t.co/6viO9hqAbB— Joe Marino (@TheJoeMarino) March 12, 2024
But the majority of the commentary seemed to support Combs’ frustration.
https://t.co/XgKtuFUGCq pic.twitter.com/lQLEhDDK12
— Panthers On Tap (@PanthersOnTap) March 12, 2024
The Panthers have broken Luke Combs https://t.co/beWzZscsjw
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) March 12, 2024
When It Rains It Pours https://t.co/dOQ0N1WNm2
— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) March 12, 2024
This country music star and Panthers fan might have to write a song called ‘’What are we doing?’’ Maybe it would rise to No. 1 to replace the No. 1’s Carolina has said goodbye to. https://t.co/FjsmJzU5SF
— David Newton (@DNewtonespn) March 12, 2024
Luke Combs knows ball. https://t.co/1nevDjNrzQ
— chris long (@JOEL9ONE) March 12, 2024
For the sake of both Combs and the Panthers, hopefully they can regain his trust and quickly. Otherwise his love for the team may be Going, Going, Gone.
[Luke Combs on Twitter/X]
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