As everyone probably knows what happened with Plax Last night. For those who don't, he accidentally Shot himself in the leg at a Night club Last night. Reports have been flying around speculating the end of Plax's time in the Big Blue. That is why I am here now, to beg and plea for Reese to spare him.

Through Reese's tenure as the Giants GM he has showed how he operates this team very clearly. He doesn't care about name value, he believes in having a solid draft and keeping young talent circulating, and he has no problem cutting ties with anyone. he's done nothing to hide that. One of his first moves as the GM was cutting LaVar Arrington, Carlos Emmons, and Luke Pettigout. He didn't pursue anyone on the market that year, Joey Porter was available, and he ended up adressing his problems from the inside as well as the draft. That turned out pretty well, Super Bowl Champs. He did the same thing this year when he traded Shockey, who was a huge distraction, and let Kawika walk. So far so good, same method: drafting and replenish from the inside. 

Now that we are well aware of the inner workings of Reese's mind it should be a no brainer that he will let Plax go. I mean, the team is doing fine now without him and they did they same thing to Shockey last year. This is a TOTALLY different scenario. Last year the Giants started off 6-2 and started to falter toward the second half. In the Minnesota game it seemed we were in for another second half meltdown and first round exit, by the Washington Game are fates were supposed to be sealed. Then something happened in the meadowlands that night, Shockey snapped his leg and was gone for the season. Next week, the Giants played the Bills and clinched a playoff spot, after that they played down to the wire against the Perfect Pats before they suited up for a playoff run. The Rest is history. Eli played great throughout the playoffs en rout to the SB XLII MVP.

Getting Rid of Shockey was a no brainer, Eli actually got BETTER without him in the hudle being a dick. Also they had Boss ready to step up as he did in the playoffs.

Burress is different. He has been missing for streches of the season, the Giants were great, and he has been there too, still great. The only thing you can say is that Plax's first game back from suspension was Eli's worst game of the season, Browns on Monday night. You can also say that Hixon or Smith, like Boss, is ready to step up into a bigger role, and the Giants would be ready for life without Plax. This would be a big mistake.

The Giants, with or without Plax have won because of Running Game and D. Plaxico gives opposing D's something to fear in the Passing Game. Without that fear there's nothing stopping them from stacking the box on Brandon Jacobs, Derrick Ward or Bradshaw. The games that Plax was out were against: Seattle (Terrible D), Pittsburgh (Running Game was shut down), and basiclly the whole Cardinals game (OK D). I dont really think that Eli, Hixon, Toomer, and Steve Smith are enough to stop Ds from stacking the box on our backs, None of them can Kill you, Plax can kill you.

In the end I dont think that Plax should be dumped until the Giants can convince themselves that the team is better off without him. So far the team has been able to ignore it so I think that you must give him a second chance.