Plaxico Burress heads to prison

As much of an idiot as he was, I don’t think that Plaxico is a criminal or even a bad person. I hope that he comes back (in the AFC West) and is as good as ever. He may have hurt the Giants season last year, but now that i see there are a few receivers on the roster with bright futures, I can finally forgive Plaxico. I’ll never forget the raw emotion he showed after the Super Bowl. Plax is obviously a tortured soul and it seemed like he was overwhelmed with a sense of fulfillment that he may have never felt before. Godspeed Plaxico, In my eyes, you will always be a Giant.

It a shame that he had to do time, house arrest should have been enough we have enough criminals with violent history that he doesn’t need to experience . He made a stupid mistake and paid enough for it with a loss of income. Family embarrassed by the situation. Everyone makes mistakes and are given a chance to redeem themselves.

what drives guys like Burress, who have the world at their fingertips and chances and opportunities in life that 99 percent of the rest of us could never dream of, let alone dream of throwing away, to self destruct the way they do so many times.

I don’t think Plaxico is a bad guy. I just think he’s ignorant and his ignorance and arrogance hurt a lot of people. Most of all himself. I hope he gets his life straightened out and has success in the future. He was a huge part of the making of a legendary football game and helped to put the seal on Giant win that I’ll be smiling about for the rest of my life.

Best wishes to Plax and his family.

if he isn’t smart enough to keep himself out of criminal situations, then he needs to pay the price. somebody else could have easily been hit by his errant bullet. he could have made all of this easier by cooperating in the beginning. and this is also a guy who was fined over 50 times as a giant for violating team rules. clearly, this man doesn’t think rules apply to him. well, now we’ll see if he can comply with some real serious rules, like “no contact with the inmate during visitation.” think he’ll get off in 20 months for good behavior like vick? plaxico burress? good behavior? possible, but not probable.

I can’t see a single human being making a compelling argument that the man or his family deserve the level of punishment he received. Bloomberg made this a political grandstand for himself. No he didn’t deserve a slap on the wrist, but he sure the hell didn’t deserve having the book thrown at him, either. The punishment just does NOT fit the crime.

The guy had a gun and he accidentally sot himself.

This isn’t a guy with a psychopathic history.

He’ll be a little more careful when handling firearms and that’s it.

He didn’t torture defenseless animals or molest children in bed.

Neither Michael Vick or Michael Jackson are going to prove themselves by being a “little more careful” when participating in dogfighting or molesting children.

Those two need(ed) “to come out a better person”.

So lay off the sanctimonious moralizing in this case.

It’s unwarranted.