NFL Week 13; Turkey, Lions, and Titans... Le sigh.

[Dimmauk]

Season over for Giants WR Burress

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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker)—Plaxico Burress reported to Giants Stadium to learn his season is over.

The New York Giants placed Burress on the reserve/non-football injury list Tuesday, officially ending his season.

The anticipated move came one day after Burress was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Manhattan nightclub the previous weekend.

The Giants fined Burress and suspended him for four games for conduct detrimental to the team for multiple and repeated violations of club rules.

Should the defending Super Bowl champions make the playoffs, which is a mere formality given their 11-1 record, Burress will not be allowed to return to the Giants’ active list.

“As we have said since Saturday morning, our concern is for Plaxico’s health and well-being,” Giants president John Mara said. “This is an important time for him to take care of his body and heal up and also deal with the very serious legal consequences and other issues in his life.


“When I spoke with Plaxico, he expressed great remorse for letting down his teammates.”

It marked the second suspension this season for Burress, who likely has played his final game in a Giants uniform.

One of the heroes of New York’s surprising victory in Super Bowl XLII, Burress posted $100,000 bail Monday after being charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon - a Glock semiautomatic pistol - and third-degree possession for carrying the ammunition clip.

Both are Class C felonies, for which Burress could be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 3 1/2 years in jail if convicted.

Per league rules, Burress was required to report to work Tuesday to receive mandatory treatment on both the gunshot wound and the strained right hamstring that initially sidelined him for this past Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins.

The veteran wide receiver, who caught the winning pass in Super Bowl XLII, met with Mara, general manager Jerry Reese and head coach Tom Coughlin to learn of his fate.

After undergoing treatment on his leg, Burress was sent to Dr. Scott Rodeo for an MRI exam on his injured leg. He returned to Giants Stadium shortly after 3 p.m. and was informed by Reese that he was being placed on the reserve/non-football injury list.

“The decision we made today regarding Plaxico’s roster status was based on the examination of Plaxico by our team physician,” Reese said. “Dr. Rodeo believes Plaxico would be out at least four to six weeks with the gunshot wound.

“I had two conversations with Plaxico today, and it was obvious that he understood the magnitude of this situation. He knows that we are here to support him and help him get healthy.”

Burress turned himself in to detectives at New York City’s 17th Precinct in midtown Manhattan on Monday, where he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon following a shooting incident late Friday night at the Latin Quarter nightclub.

According to police reports, Burress shot himself in the thigh and was hospitalized overnight before he was released at about 2 p.m. Saturday.

A police spokesman said the investigation is continuing.

Burress and teammate Antonio Pierce were at the Latin Quarter when the shooting occurred. Pierce, appearing on New York radio station WFAN late Monday afternoon, pleaded with the public to “don’t believe everything you hear.”

A first-round pick of the Pittsburgh in 2000, Burress spent his first five seasons with the Steelers before joining the Giants in 2005.

Burress had a pair of 1,000-yard seasons with New York, and hauled in a career-high 12 touchdown passes in 2007 despite not practicing for virtually the entire season due to a gimpy ankle.

In the Giants’ stunning 17-14 victory over then-unbeaten New England in the Super Bowl, Burress caught a 13-yard scoring pass from Eli Manning with 35 seconds to play to provide the winning margin.

But matters have spiraled downward this season for Burress, who finished with 41 receptions for 454 yards and four touchdowns this year.

Burress, who signed a five-year, $35 million contract extension prior to the season, missed the Giants’ October 5 game against the Seattle Seahawks after being suspended for missing a team meeting.

He also was involved in a sideline confrontation with Coughlin during a game and has been fined multiple times for a total of approximately $200,000.

[Valisk]

Just out of curiosity, what are the minimum requirements to obtain a SB ring if your team wins? Would be the ultimate punishment (especially if he didnt already have one) if he wasn't allowed a SB ring if the Giants repeated. I know in the NHL you have to either play 50% of the season (41 out of 82 games) or play in at least 1 Stanley Cup final game.

[Fistandantilus]

Booya! Just in time for Michael Turner to lead me to an FB Championship!

[Deejay]

Shockey was allowed a ring (he declined) and he missed the last 4 games last season + playoffs.

[tyven]

practice squad players get rings

[Tyche]

Collier was shot outside an apartment building. Steve Smith with robbed outside his house. Sean Taylor was killed inside his own bedroom. Darrent Williams was shot inside of his own limo.

How many of these situations are a direct result of a player putting himself somewhere he shouldn't be?

Edit: The only sitaution I can think of is Javon Williams getting jumped on a Las Vegas strip, and the Pacman fiasco. Those are few and far between and it's dumb to blame innocent guys over the 2-3 boneheads.

And I don't know if you can even call them boneheads.... because that's like blaming a girl for getting raped because she wore her skirt too high.

Collier was shot by someone he had a past dispute with, it's not his fault he got shot, but you don't see Manning getting shot at because of past disputes. I don't know anything about the Steve Smith situation. When Williams was at a party before he got shot, there was an altercation. It's unknown how involved he was, but he left and got shot...use your imagination. Those aren't just random drive-bys and shootings.

[Deejay]

hey guys lets make assumptions instead of valid and verifiable arguments

[Tyche]

Don't hate on me for your ignorance...

Tyrone Hartsfield has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the Collier shooting. Police believe Hartsfield was retaliating against Collier for an altercation at a nightclub in April and followed his car to an apartment house, where the shooting occurred.

Williams had been attending a New Year's Eve party and birthday party held for and by Denver Nuggets player Kenyon Martin at the nightclub, "The Shelter." The Denver Police Department reported that the shooting was preceded by some type of altercation or argument at the nightclub between Crips gang members and other unknown patrons. A police spokesman said, "There was some confrontation between a group of people in the vehicle and a group at the nightclub."[2][4] Williams was not involved in the altercation.

So yes, both valid and verifiable. If you want to hold me to the "williams was not involved" line then fine, but the crew/his friends in the vehicle he was riding in was involved.

[Penthesilea]

Don't hate on me for your ignorance...



So yes, both valid and verifiable. If you want to hold me to the "williams was not involved" line then fine, but the crew/his friends in the vehicle he was riding in was involved.

Ever gotten into a fight or "altercation"? Ever think they'd follow you home and have your car riddled with bullets?

[Tyche]

No I haven't ever gotten into a fight or an altercation, hence me never getting shot at. I think you are exemplifying my point of not putting yourself in positions to get in altercations. Theres numerous ways to achieve this. One recurring them in those 2 cases are night clubs. I've been to a ton of nightclubs but never had an altercation. I'm sure hundreds of other NFL players frequent night clubs without an "altercation".

[Deejay]

Are you seriously trying to say that Collier diffusing a situation with words over violence is grounds for getting shot at outside his home? Williams also LEFT THE ESTABLISHMENT that the people were arguing in. Both players were shot in their cars for crying out loud, meaning they were trying to get out of the situation they were in.

In both circumstances, the players were acting within reason and you're still giving them shit for it like it was their fault, that's just silly.

And those are the only 2 situations besides Tank/Pacman where a night club was involved. I can name 4-5 guys who were targeted due to their name, not their choice of clothing.

[Valisk]

Who the fuck cares. No one knows 100% what happened so neither side can be defended. Who says that the players werent talkin shit to those thugs and both parties were forced to leave be security? Who says that those players werent sincerely apologizing for something the people in their entourage? Nobody (on this board at least) knows what happened in those particular situations so you can't judge.

[Tyche]

Are you seriously trying to say that Collier diffusing a situation with words over violence is grounds for getting shot at outside his home? Williams also LEFT THE ESTABLISHMENT that the people were arguing in. Both players were shot in their cars for crying out loud, meaning they were trying to get out of the situation they were in.

In both circumstances, the players were acting within reason and you're still giving them shit for it like it was their fault, that's just silly.

And those are the only 2 situations besides Tank/Pacman where a night club was involved. I can name 4-5 guys who were targeted due to their name, not their choice of clothing.

Argue points I actually made. I never said it was their fault and I never said it was grounds for getting shot. I said they put themselves into that situation. There's a reason McNabb, Manning, Brady, Barber, etc aren't getting held up. They aren't hanging out with the wrong people in the wrong place at the wrong time. If an airplane crashes, the vast majority on board that plane are frequent fliers and a small percentage of first-timers just had a stroke of bad luck. What does that mean? The people who spend a one or two nights a month in a nightclub or in a place with shady people are a lot less susceptible to being put in "altercations" than the guys who are at the clubs and places with people who have less than stellar judgement 3-4 nights a week. Are there the "first-time fliers" who will get targetted just because of who they are? Yeah, but it isn't that damn often.

[Deejay]

If it doesn't happen often, explain to me how there are more guys who've been held up/robbed than there are guys who are 'frequent' club goers? And how do you even know that Collier/Williams go to the club all the time? Or is that just another baseless assumption?

[Tyche]

Not all are just club issues, just a history of terrible judgement. Collier had drinking issues (drinking and driving). Picking up women you met at a nightclub at 3am then getting shot by a guy from another nightclub previously also kind of validates what I said. In the Williams case, I have no idea what was said between his friends and the guys that shot them, but there was shit said. Obviously it was serious shit. I know if I made millions of dollars a year, I'd do my best to surround myself with people that could divert a situation such as that. Maybe his friends did and they just thought it would be fun to shoot his shit up anyway, i don't know and you don't either.

[tyven]

this is obviously a pretty pointless argument as athletes are also targets in their home, not just when they are being fools

[Deejay]

sorry tyven but you obviously don't know what you're talking about. how do you know that players aren't flashing their chains out of their windows just begging criminals to come in and take a look-see

[Headspace]

That's exactly what they do. I'm from Cincinnati, I know these things.

[Mizango]

Who dey?