New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg 4 months ago, apparently in more ways than one. With charges pending, the possibility of spending 3 years in jail was a little too much for the Giants. Its hard to let your superbowl hero and number one receiver go, but the Giants just had enough.
"I am an optimist, and I believe most situations can be worked out," Giants general manager Jerry Reese said in announcing the decision. "We hung in there as long as we could in hopes that there could be a resolution to this situation other than the decision we made today to release Plaxico.
"It wasn't to be, so now we have to move on. Like everybody else here, we want nothing but the best for Plaxico, and we are appreciative of the contributions he made to this franchise."
Apparently Plaxico's attorney thinks it was a huge mistake. Isn't your agent supposed to say things like that? Not your lawyer? If you have your attorney speaking on your behalf and not you agent, you are doing something wrong.
Should the Redskins go and get Plaxico? Hell no, we have enough headcases in the house with Alberto Haynesworth, President Clinton Portis, and Money Train Hall. No no no
Vin Dieseldorf spoke with Campbell on another note, and said basically that the Skins went after Cutler, it didn't work out, and you are our man. Also, The Danny sat down and explained to Campbell that it was mostly him who wanted Cutler, uh......DUH! The only difference here between us and the Broncos is, we sat down and talked everything out and its all good now. No wining, no avoiding, no little head-games.
Next note. The latest quarterback rumor is former Marshall Star Byron Leftwich. Leftwich was born and raised in the DC area, and might have a job here. If i'm not mistaken, we were looking for a franchise quarterback, not an oft-injured backup. I have way more faith in Todd Collins as our backup than Leftwich, although ole Rooster Collins is getting pretty old. It just never ends does it?
On a tiny note, Patrick Ramsey signed with the Titans. The former Redskins First-round pick (and also former Broncos quarterback), is with his 4th team in his career. Ramsey backed up Jay Cutler the past two years. I doubt this will be as exciting of a transaction than the Cutler trade. Ramsey is unfortunately just a professional clip-board holder. Too bad, I think he got a raw-deal here, and just had a bad team around him. Oh well, what are you gonna do?
I wonder what will be our next move, which aging guard or end will we be throwing money and draft picks at next? I don't know, so for now i'm just gonna pray its someone who isn't pondering retirement.
