Plax, Santonio and Stuckey...

I never had much of an opinion on Plaxico Burress. He was always a physical freak, but he was known as being lazy at practice and even on the field... from time to time. When I hear about a guy blessed with gifts like him, and who is making millions of dollars to do his job.... and who can't show up on time... I write them off. The question regarding Plax's future success as a NY Jet is a two parter... how great is this guy, and how much has he changed in the last few years... mentally and physically?

I just watched the Real Sports special on HBO about Mr Burress. First of all, Bryant Gumbell is a pompous A-HOLE. But, thats common knowledge. Second, ad also not very important is that Plax's wife is smoking hot. She's really smart ad pretty with a skinny little frame. But, again, I digress.

My main impression of Plax is that he is not very bright, his time in prison has changed him, and he has something to prove. He was treated unfairly by Bloomberg, and a interesting side-note is that Plax had never heard of the Mayor before this whole thing started. How the fuck do you play for the NY Giants and not know who the Mayor of NYC is? Thats scary in and of itself.

But he was made an example of because he is a rich, african-american athlete. No question. Plax missed the birth of his daughter and lost millions. He spent his time in prison cleaning toilets and mopping floors, and I don't see how that doesn't humble any man. As for his greatness... when have we ever seen the loss of a single WR impact a team as heavily as the loss of #17 did to the Giants? They have fallen off the face of the earth since his departure.

I like the acquisition of this player because he seems to still be in good shape, and he has everything to prove. He only has a one year deal, so he needs to make it happen. Is it a gamble? No doubt, but you have to take some chances to win it all.

I also love the dynamic of Holmes and Burress together. They obviously compliment each other very well because of their different and dynamic skill sets, but IMHO, the road to the Superbowl goes through Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Both of these guys are cast-offs from the Steelers, and if we should find ourselves in a re-match of the AFCCG, they would both be taking it very personal. Trust me.

I am also dumbfounded by the lack of interest in Chansi Stuckey that Mr. T showed. He was a FA and would be the perfect compliment to our WR corps. I think that our organization is 100% committed to finding and developing some young WR's, and not a moment too soon. Burress and Mason are both at the end of their careers and simply more of a risk to get injured because of their advanced ages. . We need 2 or 3 solid guys to emerge from camp, and that is a tall order.