A grand jury has indicted former New York Giants WR Plaxico Burress on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment. Burress now has to decide whether to face a trial or take a plea deal. Assuming one is offered. I would expect Burress to take a deal because ... Read More
Manhattan district attorney, Robert Morgenthau, has told The New York Post he wants the former New York Giants star wide out to serve jail time for his infamous, self-inflicted gun shot wound in a Manahattan night club this past November. Plaxico Burress was reportedly willing to go to jail for 1 y... Read More
Without a doubt, Plaxico Burress has entrenched himself firmly in the attention seat. Love him or hate him…you’re probably talking about him.
Surfing the blog-o-sphere, it becomes apparent that there are many of you who think he isn’t worth the risk for the Jets.
I guess I am swimming alone on this one because I feel that letting Burress and his talents escape would be a colossal mistake.
From the mundane, Burress has had some 9 civil lawsuits filed against him since he started his NFL career, to the infamous, self-inflicted gunshot incident, there is no doubt about his penchant for attracting trouble, but what has he really cost his teams with his troubles?
Outside of the embarrassment any organization might be expected to feel when one of it’s own becomes news media fodder for less than noble reasons, the hard truth is that his off-field antics have proven to be minor blips on the screen for both his teams and team mates. Read the rest of this entry »
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Some 8 months after Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg, Roger Goodell and the NFL are preparing to review the incident.
The review will determine if Buress’s resulting legal issues violate the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Should the commissioner find his actions violated the policy, he could move to suspend Burress.
Of course, suspension by the NFL seems like the least of Burress’s troubles as he still faces charges of criminal possession of a weapon.
Burress would face up to 3 1/2 years in prison if convicted. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Star-Ledger is reporting that the New York Jets will go into the 2009 season with WR’s David Clowney & Brad Smith. Apparently, the franchise decided against drafting a wideout based on the feeling that these two could and would be their guys. According to the report, the Jets general... Read More
