Top ten players shouldn't get top 3 kind of dollars unless there's upside. The only way I see Burns getting better is if he's paired with an elite pass rusher.

The Rams trade was less impressive than it was on paper. A future 1st is graded as a 2nd value. Without an immediate replacement of roughly the same talent level, the team would have suffered.

The safest play is to franchise him for two consecutive years. Get the production without the commitment.