Plaxico Burress shoots himself in the leg

by JasonB on Nov 29, 2008 1:58 PM EST in News Comment 31 comments

Plaxico Burress' controversial year has just taken a turn for the worse.

The New York Giants wide receiver accidentally shot himself in the leg on Friday night, FOXSports.com has learned, not long after being ruled out of Sunday's game against the Redskins with a hamstring injury.

He spent the night in the hospital and the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The team is still trying to gather further information on the incident.

Wow. I suppose this means Burress, who always plays well against us, will miss next week's showdown with the Giants in North Jersey.

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i mean really

does it get any stupider than this?
nfl athletes + clubs of ANY sort = trouble

i can’t imagine what the giants coaching staff and owners feel at this time. imagine paying millions of dollars to have a WR play for your team and he goes and does this silly s-hit.
*slaps forehead

his career is finished.

4th and 26!!!!

by kingofnorth on Nov 29, 2008 2:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

not meaning to sound racist...

but your equation may be more suitably “black pro athletes + clubs = trouble”.

While white athletes are not angels by any means you just don’t hear about this kind of stuff with them, or very rarely in comparison. What is it with black guys and guns? And posses and gang mentality and all that other crap that goes with them? I hang with a lot of black guys at work and this kind of stuff pisses them off too, and propagates an undesirable stereotype they’re constantly having to deal with.

On another note, wouldn’t Burress’ playing with firearms constitute a breach of contract? I hope so. Nobody that stupid should make that kind of money.

"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." - Don Shula

by Bo Diddle on Nov 30, 2008 11:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

“not meaning to sound racist” + “What is it with black guys and guns?” does not compute.

Destroyer of Subject Lines :3™

by yomjoseki on Nov 30, 2008 5:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

haha

Look, our star RB is nowhere near 100%, our backup RB is out, and our 3rd string RB goes down when defenders blow in his general direction.

by Remis on Nov 30, 2008 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha ha

by NickPampani on Nov 30, 2008 10:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha ha ha

Look, our star RB is nowhere near 100%, our backup RB is out, and our 3rd string RB goes down when defenders blow in his general direction.

by Remis on Dec 2, 2008 4:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha ha ha ha

World F*ckin' Champions, indeed...

by foos05 on Dec 2, 2008 5:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha ha ha ha ha

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Dec 2, 2008 6:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

that’s seven right?

Look, our star RB is nowhere near 100%, our backup RB is out, and our 3rd string RB goes down when defenders blow in his general direction.

by Remis on Dec 2, 2008 8:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He’s been shooting himself in the foot for years. This yime his aim was just a little bit higher!

I bleed green and I piss silver and blue

by oldasquick on Nov 29, 2008 2:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

"time" not yime

I bleed green and I piss silver and blue

by oldasquick on Nov 29, 2008 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

when i read the title i didn't think it was literal

i read it literally, then i thought, “probably just saying he messed up big this time”. then i read the article and was stunned that the title was literal, not figurative.

by eagleyosh on Nov 29, 2008 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs