Brian Burns’ two-sack performance Sunday wasn’t just overshadowed by the Giants’ last-second loss to the Broncos. His postgame outburst heading to the locker room caught more attention for seemingly being mad about the defensive play calls on the final drive.

Burns sent a tweet Tuesday saying he wasn’t mad at the decision to drop eight players in coverage on the Broncos’ first play of that drive. On Wednesday, the linebacker and team captain elaborated on why he was upset.

“What I was referring to is the fact that we called a call specifically to take away that play and the fact that [Broncos quarterback Bo] Nix wasn’t even trying to throw it to [receiver Marvin] Mims,” Burns said. “It just so happened to be completed. It’s kind of like a disbelief, like bro, it’s no way that we dropped

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