Former Chicago cornerback Artie Burns is headed to Seattle. Burns has agreed to sign with the Seahawks on a one-year $2MM deal (Twitter link via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com). 
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The Bears initially signed Burns in 2020, but the former Steelers first-round pick suffered a torn ACL that led to an IR placement last summer. After a couple more roster moves, he found his way into eleven regular season games last year, including six starts. He finished out 2021 with 23 tackles, one tackle for a loss, and six passes defensed.
The Seahawks have just lost cornerback D.J. Reed to the Jets, marking the second straight year that they’ve lost their No. 1 CB. Seattle did manage to re-sign Sidney Jones, but Jones and Burns won’t be enough to hold down the secondary. The cornerback position still figures to be a priority for the Seahawks over the next few waves of free agency as well as the April draft.
One of the worst draft picks ever for the Steelers. Maybe he can turn it around for the Hawks. Couldn’t cover, couldn’t tackle here
Yeah Artie was hot garbage. The Steelers did something in the draft’s first round that year that they usually don’t do: panic, then reach. William Jackson was taken by the Bengals right in front of them, and instead of “best player available” like they prefer, they grabbed the next CB on their list, Burns. He wasn’t good enough, couldn’t stay healthy, and was a bad scheme for to boot. But I hope he finds success in Seattle.
He seemed ok in Man-to-Man initially but the dude was absolutely lost in zone. Then he seemed to lose confidence and stunk in all phases.
Other than the fact that he can’t cover and can’t tackle, Artie is pretty good. He is good at cashing paychecks though