Ryan doesn't dismiss having interest in Burress

I Dont trust Burress. He can get all over the O.C. and piss on everyone's parade, I Say forget about him.

 

he's not playing in 09, maybe not until 2011... its all speculative bullshit.. don't worry about it.

 

If he doesn't go to jail he'll be suspended at least 4 games (I don't think he's ever been suspended by the NFL before I may be wrong). If he didn't have this serious legal issue hanging over his head I'd be all over this signing but obviously if that were the case the Giants never would have cut him

 

He's also a very, very, very good wide receiver, which is something that, you know, we kinda need. If he's free, I'd take him on my team any day of the week.

 

he made that horrible qb named eli look good. i wouldn't be against a plaxi signing.

 

I don't understand why so many people would be against the signing of Burress. It'd probably be a cheap one year, incentive-laden deal. Low risk, high reward. Do you think he's going to shoot himself in the leg again? Do you think he'll own a gun ever again? If he fucks up, we cut him... It's not like he will get every player on our roster involved in off-field issues.

 

Burress made Eli Manning look good, and beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

He may have an attitude problem, but he's a hell of a receiver. If, as Jake said, he were to come in on an incentive laden deal, then why the hell not? He produces, lays low, hell of a signing. He doesn't produce, we cut him with little consequence. He becomes a problem in the clubhouse, cut him.

Low risk, extremely high reward

 

Again I reiterate my original question that nobody has answered yet.

Discounting the fact that I want no part of burress, and he is like TO-lite, why is everyone so sure he is going to be as good as before? The dipshit shot HIMSELF in the leg. people are less worried about gunshot wounds than knee injuries here? he obviously shot himself tearing muscle tissue, and as i understand it, lots of times after a person is shot, and everything is repaired, they are never athletically back to 100%. So why are we treating a gunshot wound (Self-inflicted mind you) as though he got a papercut as opposed to knee surgery?

other reasons to hate adding Burress to the Jets,

He is a ME ME ME guy. Sanchez needs a team oriented veteran who doesnt need the offense to go through him, Burress is not that guy.
Burress drops as many easy passes as Braylon Edwards. I dont have the numbers, but i do know the Giants fans hate him, and think he makes big plays, and drops easy third down completions. Thats why they love Amani Toomer, and why we love(d) Wayne Chrebet. They make the easy grabs, and they make them all the time. Burress like Edwards/TO/OchoCinco drop a good portion of easy passes and actually concentrate when they realize its a big play to be made.

 

I don't see any way we end up getting Burress. I really just don't see it happening.

 

HAHAHAHAHA So true!!! :rofl:

Add that he shot himself AND he's going to be 32 this year and very distracted by all the legal matters.

 

If you saw what Johnson had to say there is probably no chance in the world Burress will ever be a Jet. Those lines are as wide as a 10 lane highway to read between.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...nshy_on_exploring_plaxico_burress_option.html

 

It was just a little over a year ago that he put the Giants in the Super Bowl, pretty much by himself. One of the greatest individual efforts in the playoffs in quite some time.

I see little downside for the Jets if they were to get Burress, except:

If the FO does get him, do they stop there at wideout? Because depending on Burress is quite a different thing than taking a chance on him, the latter not being much of a concern, imo. It's more that for a number of reasons he may not prove to be the answer at wideout.

I would say get him and get someone else, too. Wideout is that thin right now.

 

Like nyjetsrule said, that was pre-gunshot. We don't know what he's going to be now.

 

My real hang up with this guy is he's a major asshole on top of being stupid. Any of you guys read the article(s) about him getting pulled over multiple times in Florida and basically telling cops to f*ck off? He thinks he is god. You would think he?d try to clean up his act after the whole gunshot mess, but he clearly still thinks he is above the law and no one can touch him. I loved him with the Giants, but the more I read the more I realize he?s a cancerous douche bag and I don?t want him on the team. Even though he would instantly transform the Jets into a possible SB contender, IMO.

 

NYC is going to jail the guy for at least a part of a one year sentence for not only carrying an unlicensed handgun, but discharging it in a public place. If they don't do this they're going to have a really hard time prosecuting other people who are found with an unlicensed handgun in their possession. Defense attorneys will have a field day with "Burress got off and he actually fired his weapon."

 

If the Jets were to sign him to an incentive laden deal as suggested, if his leg is not completely sound, he a.) won't pass a physical or b.) won't cost much either. To my knowledge, the trauma to his leg muscles was relatively minor and did not require surgery. He was in the hospital for only about 12 hours total.

Despite his troubles, the overwhelming majority of his Giants teammates genuinely liked him and wanted him back.

As he created separation with mostly with his size, strength and leaping ability (as opposed to quickness or great speed) I think the chances are he should be more or less the same as he was before which means a very talented, albeit streaky and injury prone WR with the ability to change a game in terms of both scoring and dictating coverage requirements for opposing defenses. He is the type of player whose presence on the field makes others, specifically wideouts and running backs, better.

I disagree with you about the drops. No one is as bad as Edwards but even if it were true, the WRs who led the NFL in drops last year were Edwards, Dwayne Bowe, Brandon Marshall, TO and Calvin Johnson. While Edwards is a strange case to me, the talent and offensive impact generated by these type of players, despite whatever their actual percentage of dropped passes, is enormously valuable to any team.

 

I disagree completely. This guys head is almost as big as TO's. He wont settle for an incentive laden deal in the first place. But assuming he does... it still doesnt prove he will be back to "normal." Also after major knee surgery, professional athletes can pass a physical, but they don't ever get back to what they were before that. Look at Sam Cowart! (that wasnt his knee, but i believe his Achilles) He passed a physical, and he came back to play ball, but he never got back to pre-injury form. You can pass a physical after an injury/gunshot wound, but not come back to play to the standards pre-injury.

Also there is a reason Burress isn't on the drops list.... he missed 4 games post-gunshot and i believe he missed another game due to team suspension for showing up late for practice....

 

Burress probably won't play anywhere this year. If somehow he stays out of jail, I don't think any team will want that sideshow...not counting the Raiders of course.

 

i would rather have harrison. i think he has at least another year in the tank. this way we can see if what we have really can pan out and if not we will have a decent receiver this year while we focus on getting a new one for next season