Luke Combs is fed up with the Carolina Panthers.
The country music star — who is a North Carolina native and Appalachian State alum — likened being a member of Panthers faithful to “slow torture” on Monday after the team traded two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Brian Burns to the Giants at the start of NFL free agency.
“WHAT ARE WE DOING?!?!?” Combs wrote. “No first round pick for [San Francisco 49ers running back Christian] 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.”
The Giants sent the Panthers a 2024 second-round pick (No. 39 overall), and a 2025 fifth-found pick in exchange for the 25-year-old Burns.
The teams also swapped fifth-rounders for this year’s draft, with the Giants now selecting at No. 166 while the Panthers pick at No. 141.
Monday’s moves were reminiscent of the McCaffrey-49ers deal in 2022, when Carolina received three picks in 2023 and one in 2024 from San Francisco — none of which were first-rounders.
McCaffrey helped lead the 49ers to an NFC championship last season and was named the 2023 AP Offensive Player of the Year.
The Panthers’ decision to part ways with Burns, a former first-round pick, comes after the team finished with the worst record in the league in 2023 at 2-15.
The Burns deal is significant because the Panthers were in a similar position at the 2022 trade deadline, when they turned down two first-round picks and a second-rounder from the Los Angeles Rams for the skilled outside linebacker.
The Panthers placed the franchise tag on Burns after the two sides were unable to agree on a long-term contract.
The Giants are signing Burns to a five-year, $150 million contract with $87.5 million guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Burns has 46 career sacks in 80 games across five seasons with the Panthers, who drafted him No. 16 overall in 2019.
Carolina also signed guards Robert Hunt and Damien Lewis on Monday and is expected to continue to be active during free agency after a disastrous 2023 campaign.