My hope is that it plays out well and he can continue his career, because he's a good person I...

My hope is that it plays out well and he can continue his career, because he's a good person I think, with a brilliant athletic career. And it would be a terrible sadness if an isolated incident could ruin a life.

Benjamin Brafman, Plaxico Burress' attorney

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i hope he's right

i’ve always liked Plax and i always will like Plax. i think he deserves a 2nd chance, i just don’t think that it should come in New York. hopefully this will be a wake-up call for him to get his priorities straight and focus on football and his family.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Dec 1, 2008 3:13 PM EST reply actions

I agree with this

100%. I was a Plax fan when he was in Pitt, loved when we signed him, will forever have fond memories of him gutting it out last year and will never forget him catching the Super Bowl winning catch, but I think it’s time for him and the Giants to move on. I hope he gets his life in order after this and has more productive years in the NFL, preferably with an AFC team…

by cjmulrain on Dec 1, 2008 11:06 PM EST up reply actions

Send him to Cincy

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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 1, 2008 3:47 PM EST reply actions

I think the lawyer should be wearing this shirt.

" Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Dec 1, 2008 8:52 PM EST reply actions

That's what you gotta expect the lawyer to say

I mean would you hire how said “yup, my client is guilty, string him up by the balls”

In this phase, the lawyer is like a PR agent.

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by NYERinSF on Dec 1, 2008 10:21 PM EST reply actions

The lawyer's comment about Plax being a mature person

made me spit some water onto my screen with gales of laughter following. I know he has to build up Plax with his words, but out and out blatant lies (hilarious ones at that) are pretty easy to disprove when you have all the NFL media coverage and stories to call upon.

by brisulph on Dec 2, 2008 7:52 AM EST reply actions

Exactly..

…If I were a lawyer and had the choice between trying to spin BS or just stating the facts, I think I’d go w/the latter.

(NYERinSF) PR man? I’m a lawyer, not someone’s flunky!

" Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Dec 2, 2008 8:27 AM EST up reply actions

well then

you wouldn’t get hired in these types of cases

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by NYERinSF on Dec 2, 2008 9:38 AM EST up reply actions

I wouldn't waste my time trying to be a lawyer - of this type.

" Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Dec 4, 2008 10:24 AM EST up reply actions

you can't prove

that someone’s a mature or an immature person. Some people might look at him skipping practice to drive his kid to school as a mature decision, placing family above work. The attorney is just trying to paint his client in the best possible light, without outright lying. Nothing wrong with that.

by cjmulrain on Dec 2, 2008 1:06 PM EST up reply actions