Well, I think this will be a turning point for Plaxico. If he doesn’t grow up fast, his career will be in a tailspin. Sure, he’ll catch on with somebody else, but he’ll have the same problems there.

If i were him, I’d head for Rehab. Weather it’s Stupid Rehab or Immaturity Rehab or a psychologist/Psychiatrist, it doesn’t matter. Hell, it could be Montel or Dr. Phil, just as long as he starts listening to someone with some sense. He should find Jesus, too. He’s out there somewhere and can lend a helping hand. Then do what your lawyer says.

That’s a lot to do in the next nine days, so get to it. No moping on the sidelines like a benched Eagles QB (I was actually thinking Cunningham).

im not defending any of the moronic and terrible decisions plax has made. im just saying you dont bail on one of your guys after he makes a mistake, even if the mistake is this pathetic. and i expect local AND national media to dump all over plax. that is what they do, they are there to stir the pot. i just expected better from a community of giants fans.

That as the Giants go 11-1, a great, dominating win over a division rival to seal up (knock on wood) the East is being treated by national media as a sidebar to this non-sporting incident. Yes, they should report it. Right UNDER the game rundown, as a SIDEBAR.

Meanwhile I’d love to get my hands on a big blue jersey #17 with “Cheddar Bob” for the name on the back.

Dallas, you can release Patrick Crayton. Plaxico is on the way.

and why he would pack. Look at this little tidbit that got buried in the coverage.

Case in point: Giants wideout Steve Smith was held up at gunpoint in front of his home last week, former Giant Tiki Barber said on NBC’s pregame show last night. The Giants confirmed Barber’s report, but said they had no details on the incident.

A fuming Mayor Bloomberg said Monday he wants Giants player Plaxico Burress prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law” for accidentally shooting himself in his leg with an illegal handgun.

The mayor also called on prosecutors to throw the book at officials of the Giants and New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell for reportedly not alerting police about the shooting immediately, as required by law.

The incident reportedly occurred early Saturday inside the crowded LQ nightclub in midtown. Sources said the loaded gun Burress was packing slipped down his pants leg and went off as he fumbled to grab it. He was struck in his right thigh.

“It’s pretty hard to argue the guy didn’t have a gun and that it wasn’t loaded,” said Bloomberg, lashing out at the Super Bowl receiver. “You’ve got bullet holes in and out to show that it was there.”

Bloomberg, who has been leading a national crusade against illegal guns, noted that under New York law if you are convicted of carrying a loaded illegal handgun “you go automatically to three-and-a-half years in the slammer.”

“And I don’t think that anybody should be exempt from that,” he added. “And I think it would be an outrage if we don’t prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.”

“Our children are getting killed with guns on the street,” the mayor commented during an unrelated press availability in the Bronx. “Our police officers are getting killed with guns in the hands of criminals.”

A mayoral spokesman said Bloomberg was referring to the state law he successfully pushed through Albany last year that changed the penalty for illegal possession of a loaded illegal handgun from a one-year sentence to a mandatory minimum 3 1/2-year sentence.

The mandatory sentencing would apply if Burress is convicted as charged, but not necessarily if he is offered a plea bargain.

The mayor said that “people who live in the public domain” should be especially held responsible for their conduct because “they are the role models for our kids.”

Not prosecuting celebrities and notables who “make their living because of their visibility” would make “a sham, a mockery of the law,” the mayor asserted.

As for hospital officials who allegedly didn’t immediately report that Burress had been brought to the hospital and treated, the mayor said, “It’s a misdemeanor, it’s a chargeable offense, and I think that the district attorney should certainly go after the management of this hospital.”

He scoffed at the hospital’s “lame execuse that they didn’t know. This is a world-class hospital in a city where we all know what goes on in the streets of our city and where all should be working to get guns off the street.”

He said those who treated Burress didn’t immediately call the police and the hospital management “should make sure that the people that didn’t no longer work there.”

The mayor said the police only found out about the shooting incident from a TV report.

“The hospital didn’t call and the Giants didn’t call,” he said. “And the Giants should have picked up the phone right away as good corporate citizens. I don’t care whether (there is) the legal responsibility for them to do it.”

Plax fought hard to get us to and through the playoffs and caught the game-winning TD of the superbowl. And how can anyone blame him for carrying a gun? Sean Taylor was JUST murdered last year, Richard Collier no longer has a leg after being shot, i forget his name but the CB on teh broncos (darent williams maybe?) was murdered— the point is that young NFL players, especially who came from the hood like Plax, are targets because everyone knows that they are rich and Plaxico especially is known to live in Totowa. He has a wife and children to protect. Its not like he’s Pacman Jones and shot strippers or left anyone paralyzed. He shot himself, by accident. And it can be argued that NY gun laws are far too strict for law-abiding citizens like Plax. It’s bullshit that Mayor Bloomberg is going to use him as an example, its not right. Keep in mind: Adam Jones, playing for the Cowboys. Michael Vick- doing less time than Plax. OJ- free. Plaxico Burress- 3 and a half years in jail?. It seems unnecessarily punitive to ruin a man’s career and life when the only person he harmed was himself. And he did have a gun license in another state, but it expired- why do gun licenses even expire except to make the state some more money? Gun licenses should only expire if you are convicted of a felony or worse. This whole situation is bullshit.

And then from a football perspective we are not as good of a team without Plaxico Burress. I still think we are the most talented and deep team in the league but losing Plax is terrible for us. And keep in mind, his issues with Coach Coughlin shouldn’t be that foreign to any of you. If you are tired, sick of work, or are having a bad family situation, you are less likely to take crap from your boss regardless of how succesful you’ve been. Just because they guys are NFL players and we love the Giants doesn’t change that day-to-day they are just like you or I.

I am already sick of this whole topic.

-I am glad the guy is ok and no one else got hurt.
-The NFL is a business and I assume that he will be dealt with harshly by both the NFL and the Giants. And should be.
- I don’t have loyalty to players; I have loyalty to the team as a whole. I believe the can be separated and have in my mind. After the Tiki incident, I sorta realized that this has to be separate loyalties.
- I like Plax. I thank him for his service, but what he did was stupid, dangerous and now has hurt the team and the goals of 50+ other men and women who’s career goals are winning a championship every year.
-Losing Plax hurts. He is a great WR and a threat every time he steps on the field, but a game on the field is typically won with not the most talented, but the guys that are committed to making the team better and filling their role. That is what the Giants have been built on.
-I think Plax got a big head and made a mistake (a big one). Should he got to jail for 3 years. I don’t think so. Would this story be a lot worse if that bullet had hit someone else. Yes. It is the potential damage he did not the actual damage that he will be punished for. He made a mistake and he might pay heavily for it.
- I do feel bad for Plax, but he made his bed and now he has to answer for it. I certainly understand the fear thing, but Tony Siragusa mad a great point: If you are walking into a club that has a “wand” or metal detector, it might just be a place that you should not be.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1201081burress1.html

is if plax comes back healthy next year and plays for the giants. all this talk of plax not being a team player is crap. he is not T.O. he shot himself by accident, not because he was selfish. he didnt call the giants when he picked up his kid because he is stupid, not because he is selfish. supporting plax and supporting the team are the same thing in this instance. if someone is part of your team and has earned as plax has you support him when he makes mistakes, you dont dump on him. plax will be disciplined by the courts and by the league. the last thing we should be doing as fans is piling more crap on him. george, im sorry i implied you were a coward but i do find your opinion distressing to say the least.

On Sunday, Michael Strahan was talking about how at training camp in Albany, they told everybody to hand over their guns for safekeeping. Then I heard an interview with an Eagle, Lito Sheppard I think, about how he deals with his gun ownership. I get the impression that a lot of players have weapons. Their guns may be permitted in, say Houston, but if they bring them to NY, they’ll get in trouble. I’ll bet that there’ll be another gun-related story in the NFL before the Giants win the Super Bowl on February 1 (mark your calendars).

The other thing that will keep this in the news is the Giants owe Burress an installment payment (I think on his signing bonus) on December 10. They probably won’t pay, which will make the news.