Posted on 11/29/2008 10:24:34 AM PST by F16Fighter
Talented but troubled Giants wideout Plaxico Burress, adding to his litany of off-field woes, accidentally shot himself in the leg on Friday night, a source told the Daily News on Saturday.
Burress, 31, spent the night at a Manhattan hospital with the self-inflicted wound, according to the source. The injury was described only as non-life-threatening, and details of the accident remained sketchy.
The Super Bowl hero, who caught the game-winning pass from Eli Manning, was already expected to miss Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins with a hamstring injury.
The Giants were due on a Saturday afternoon flight to Washington. The team had no comment on the report.
Burress has become a season-long distraction for the Super Bowl champions, creating endless controversy with his bad behavior. Over his four seasons in New York, Burress has been fined more than 30 times by the Giants. He was also benched for a 2005 game in San Diego after showing up late for team meetings.
The season's litany of disasters came after Burress reached the pinnacle of his career. He caught the winning TD in the Giants' Super Bowl victory, and signed a five-year, $35 million contract in September.
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You could well be right; The distraction (as proven in Shockey's case) actually clearly helped focus the team during the playoffs. Gotta hope Jacobs is ok. D@mn tho - Plax was great on that fade route....All other components are A-1.
"As for the headcase Burress, I doubt we'll be finding out out what really happened in this instance. Was it intentional? Was he drunk and sloppy with his gun? Could be anything with this guy."
All of the above. Sometime ya can't take the 'hood outta the home slice.
and a pipe of some kind ...
If the reserves continue playing well, Plax may well find himself on the outside looking in. LIKE SHOCKEY.
Gonna be a war. If Jacobs is ok, the G-Men win easily imo.
Should be a fun game.
Mah brotha, Big Jawn! Missd ya big guy.
How ya been? Hope and yours have been well.
While exiled I’ve been...posting here and there elsewhere...still having fun and getting into my usual trouble ;-) Good to see some of the old names and conservative FR veterans.
Bradshaw too -- he's questionable for Sunday. Can't win the SB without Earth and Fire. ...although Wind by himself can get the job done nicely, as he showed for 3 quarters last week.
I have a dream!
He is just trying to get to the Cowboys.
Lol, yeah. Coughlin to Plax: “GO SEE A FRICKIN’ PSYCHE DOC and see me by the 1st round of the playoffs.”
As a Stater, I know the football culture there pretty well. Hoping Dantonio can turn things around. Long line of troubled WRs though. Only Mushin Muhammad is the on the straight and narrow. Rison, Plaxiglass, and Charles Rogers have all been whack jobs.
Thanx, it was Fats.
We've just played two very physical teams - the Eagle and Ravens who battered us - and the Cards took their best shot. Remember - the G-Men are the defending SB champs. Teams (ALL with winning records) are getting cranked up to play them.
Now Bradshaw's questionable?
Manning is going to have to win this game.
A "dream" that's NOT retroactive to last January ;-)
The Pats? NOT gonna be there this year. The Giants killed their Dynasty (sob, sniffle)
The good news is that Portis is questionable as well.
Eli needed to step up big for the G-Men to win last week, and he responded by having his best game of the season. As Coughlin said in the postgame, Eli does whatever they need him to do. The man is clutch.
Bwwaahaa!
Yeah, the "culture" treats these guys like Princes and Royalty.
A cheap tackle 5 minutes into the season "killed" their "dynasty" this year.They're 7 and 4 this year without their franchise player...one of the greatest QBs to ever strap on a set of shoulder pads.
No doubt - Eli knows exactly what needs to be done - Amazing what the jettison of Shockey did to/for his confidence. His rep is etched in stone by now: C-L-U-TC-H. Happened quick. But the Giants' O-Line?? At least 4 all-pros, and amazingly durable.
Yeah, he was called Plaxiglass back at MSU. Ironically, Charles Rogers was called Smokey, after Chris Tucker’s character in the movie ‘Friday’. He kinda looked like him too.
Back in 1991, the Giant lost QB Phil Simms, and won the SB with sub, Jeff Hosteltler.
It's 40 guys who win.
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