yep....seriously. although i think brandon jacobs and/or justin tuck was in contact with him. almost positive jacobs was. but as far as some of the other guys, especially like Eli, that's fucked up
Things like this can help a person turn things around for themselves. I certainly hope that is the case with Plax. But I won't hold my breath. He's in the same city, getting a second chance. I hope he stays away from old ways. Hopefully, he will come out feeling like he has something to prove this season and will light it up. We could use it at WR.
Here's another article about his situation in jail and him bashing the Giants, specifically Coughlin. http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/sto...s-rips-new-york-giants-reflects-prison-lesson Things just got even more personal between Plaxico Burress and his former team. In an interview with Men's Journal conducted after his release from prison in June, Burress blasts New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning, among others in and around the organization. Plaxico In Photos With Plaxico Burress playing for the Jets, let's look back on the receiver's career with the Giants and Steelers. Photo gallery "After my situation happened, I turned on the TV, and the first words out his mouth was 'sad and disappointing,' " Burress said, according to the Men's Journal article, when asked about Coughlin's reaction after Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg at a New York City nightclub in November 2008. "I'm like, forget support -- how about some concern? I did just have a bullet in my leg. And then I sat in his office, and he pushed back his chair and goes, 'I'm glad you didn't kill anybody!' Man, we're paid too much to be treated like kids. He doesn't realize that we're grown men and actually have kids of our own." Burress' tumultuous relationship with Coughlin has been well-documented, with the two disagreeing and clashing frequently. "He's not a real positive coach," Burress told Men's Journal for the article that hits newsstands Sept. 16. "You look around the league, the Raheem Morrises and Rex Ryans -- when their player makes a mistake, they take 'em to the side and say, 'We'll get 'em next time.' But Coughlin's on the sideline going crazy, man. I can't remember one time when he tried to talk a player through not having a day he was having." Burress said he always stood behind Manning, but those feelings soured when the quarterback failed to visit Burress during his nearly two-year prison stint after pleading guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon. "I was always his biggest supporter, even days he wasn't on, 'cause I could sense he didn't have thick skin," Burress said. "Then I went away, and I thought he would come see me, but nothing, not a letter, in two years. I don't want to say it was a slap in the face, but I thought our relationship was better than that." When Burress, 34, met with Giants brass in July, Manning was not present, and even told the media that he would not lobby management for the receiver's return. Manning has acknowledged that he didn't visit Burress. "I thought about (visiting Burress) a few times," he said. "It just never worked out. Just one of those deals. As soon as he got out, called him a few weeks after and just talked to him for a little bit. It sounded like he learned a lot and it changed his life." Burress agrees with that. He went to prison and left behind a toddler son and pregnant wife. He cried looking at pictures of his son that his wife sent. "I told her, 'Stop sending pictures because they eat me up so much.' Me and her were arguing on the phone each day, 'cause I was locked down in a lot of pain, and she's in pain about her life outside, being alone with a kid and seven months pregnant," Burress told Men's Journal. "Then at chow, these white officers are yelling, 'You black mother------! You stupid f------ dumbass: You're finished!' It was the lowest point ever in my life." Burress had been upset with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was a driving force in making sure Burress, despite his celebrity status, would be made an example of after he shot himself. "The way Bloomberg treated me was totally wrong, stacked those charges so high I had to go to jail," Burress said. In jail, "they treated me like a f------ axe murderer. 23-hour lockdown, noncontact visiting, and only a Bible to read," Burress said. "Nobody deserves to live like that, man." Burress told the magazine he received hate mail from several fans. "I was a human pincushion; they were like, 'Yeah, we finally got you, mother------'" he said. "On the cover of the New York Post, it said 'GIANT IDIOT!' and I'm thinking, 'Damn, I went and gave 'em what they wanted. I'm just another gun-toting, famous black athlete.' " Burress' response to fans who took pleasure in his pain? "What are you doing now?" he said. "You still mad at your job? You still angry about your life? 'Cause I'm back living my life and enjoying my family while you're still doing the same thing." In prison, though, Burress started to realize that he wasn't just a victim, that he had chosen to take the gun into the club and "changed my life." He knew he had to do things differently. "I was an edge-goer at times, running the streets and living life and not spending time with my family," he told the magazine. "Or taking risks and not thinking about the consequences, which gave them the chance to take me down." He forever will be remembered by Giants' fans and the organization after making the game-winning catch in the 17-14 victory over the undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, but Burress still carries a lot of resentment, too much to re-sign, even though he reached out to the team when he was released from prison. He said he was even treated poorly that Super Bowl season because he couldn't practice due to right ankle and left knee injuries. "It was hurtful that they didn't have the courage (after the season) to admit they told me not to practice all year," Burress said, specifically mentioning general manager Jerry Reese, according to the Men's Journal article. "They let the media tear me apart, saying I was dogging practice, that I wasn't a team player, all this sh--. The players thought I was pissing on 'em, and coach Coughlin hated it because he was out of the loop: The orders came from upstairs. And meanwhile, he's on the sideline cursing me out 'cause I got a ball punched out against Green Bay. I just stared at him like, 'Are you out of your fu----- mind? I got a separated shoulder and can't run!' " He cleared the air with the Giants but signed a one-year, $3.017 million contract with the Jets. On Thursday after practice, Burress explained why he blasted the Giants. "For me, there just comes a time when you want to get things off your chest and you just speak about it at that time and put it behind you," said Burress, adding that he was "just being honest." "I met with everybody over there (with the Giants) and I think everything went well. We had some good conversations, closure on the situation that happened with me, and everybody over there at that time. And I thought that everything was as good as it probably could have went." The Jets and Giants play each other in Week 16 on Christmas Eve. Burress is set to make his regular-season debut Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys in New York. Beyond the field, Burress has tried to turn a negative situation into a positive, speaking at this year's rookie symposium. "I told them, 10 years ago I was sitting where you're at and not trying to hear this sh--," Burress said, according to Men's Journal. "But I threw away $12 million these last two years, and half of you will never even see that. I made a choice and lost everything: my contract, my Nike deal, and the birth of my daughter. That ain't some dude talking; it actually happened."
wow, they didn't give him any books besides a bible? What the fuck? If you're gonna throw people in jail at least give them an opportunity to educate themselves.
it's surprising that an ESPN article of all things, would shed more light and be less selectively bias in which quotes they published. the Post article only highlights the inflammatory remarks and none of the context. this ESPN article actually gives perspective and more detail on the whole situation
Not too impressed with his pity party over the Giants and how he got treated. I'm not sure how he could expect more from his coach who the two were always at odds with each other. And he expects more from Manning, who I can't blame for putting some space and distance between. And the whole, "they stacked the charges too high" on me whining... what did you expect? You broke the law, you pay the price. I don't have a lot of sympathy for these millionaires and given NYC gun laws and the seriousness of the situation.. suck it up. I think its fucked up that fans were celebrating the situation and mailing him. That I agree is messed up, but maybe now you got something to keep the fire in your belly warm so you can go out there and prove yourself, and laugh back at them when you overcome. I hate to see these guys mess up their lives and get in bad situations they get into, but a lot of it comes down to good judgment, of which Plax showed very little of those last couple of years. I only hope he has learned and does better for himself.
I agree except for Eli if they were friends then Eli should have sucked it up and gone to see him. Eli calling once he was out is a BS move. IMO he must have seen in the paper that the Giants might bring him back and was like "Oh shit, I better make up with him in case we are teamates again." That is not how friends should act.
He is a nitwit that hasn't learned a thing from his jail experience. Hopefully he stays out of trouble and produces.
How do you draw this conclusion from the quoted interview? Is this just another one of your "throw a completely contrary statement into the thread in the hope of starting a lengthy and pointless argument to give me something to do other than working" attempts?
Please stop w/ the nonsense. read the articles w/ the excerpts today and remove your allegiance to the Jets while reading it. It's so embarrassing that to some people as long as guys play for the Jets they can't do anything wrong. Plax is a complete jerk, he's our jerk so we'll all root for him but it's clear he hasn't learned a thing.
Were they friends, friends though? My impression was that Plax was a good teammate to him by backing him up and looking out when he was a rookie starting out in the league. Or were they hangin' out on the weekends and stuff? It sucks that he didn't visit him, and Plax certainly has every right to be disappointed, but I would think the writing would be on the wall that he wasn't coming back to the Giants anymore than Vick was going back to the Falcons. Given that I can see where Eli might want to keep some distance and let Plax work out his issues. I can understand why a lot of people did while he was doing his time.
I may be misunderstanding what their friendship was. Were they teamates and friends or just teamates? I have no idea. But if they were friends as Plax implies Eli would have been a better friend and looked better in the press with a visit upstate. Distance is not going out clubbing with Plax, its not avoiding to see him in prison. Visiting someone in prison says you matter to me as a person!
It would have been a classy thing to do, which from my loathing of Eli Manning, seems natural that he didn't do it (visit). It is hard to know what the friendship is/was for sure. I would agree with you though, he would have been a better guy to have done it. He may have gotten some blow back from the CS and FO of the Giants over visiting as well. I'm guessing there, but if they did, Eli doesn't strike me as the kinda guy that would stand up for someone despite that. But then again, that is just my Eli bias shining through. :smile:
Clearly a changed man. I swear if Charles Manson played for the Jets you guys would find ways to defend him.
He's an idiot, but who cares? I like how he gives props to Raheem Morris even though he's never played under him.
The guy shot himself in the leg, so no points for being bright, regardless of his excuses. He comes out of prison and it seems that he might, just might, be contrite and keep his mouth under control but no... he's got to air it all out to no purpose. Michael Vick, like or hate him did it the right way, play hard and keep the self promotion other stupid statements to yourself. If you condone such behavior then you are being an infantile homer. As someone else above said, I hope he buckles down, keeps his mouth shut and produces. We need him to produce not run his mouth.
