Plax Reportedly Hung Out at a Strip Club, Got Drunk and Ate Turkey Before Shooting Himself

Plaxico Burress' road show of unbelievably intelligent decisions continues, apparently, with the news that the Giants wideout didn't just hop out of the shower, pull on some sweatpants, stuff a gun in his trousers and head out to a nightclub.

No sirree -- he went to a strip club first, according to the New York Post, and while there, he drank some liquor and pounded some turkey, just like every good-souled American that finds themselves in 'Head Quarters' does.

Hours before shooting himself, Giants receiver Plaxico Burress and two Big Blue buddies hit a high-class West Side strip club - where they hooked up with three ladies, guzzled two bottles of top-shelf tequila, and gobbled the staff's post-Thanksgiving dinner, The Post has learned.

A surly, slobbish Burress ate "like an animal," using his bare hands to snatch pieces of workers' turkey and stuff his face at the Head Quarters club on Nov. 28, a source said.

To sum up: this situation can't really get any better for Plaxico from this point on. It's especially bad news because, as The Post mentions, the New York City police -- and by extension, presumably Mayor Bloomberg too -- are quite interested in the going-ons of Burress and Giant teammates Antonio Pierce and Ahmad Bradshow at said strip club.

And the downward spiral continues too, because we get to find out that Plax is dirt cheap too -- he, according to "sources," only pays the minimum $20 for lap dances and has been called "cheap," "rude," and the "least popular celebrity" to grace the clean environment of Head Quarters. Although, you never know, this could end up giving him a logical motive for carrying a handgun.

The Plaxico Burress Saga

Plaxico Burress surrendered to police Dec. 1 and was charged with two counts of illegal handgun possession. The Giants announced that he won't play the rest of the season. Click through to see how things have gone wrong for Burress since the Super Bowl.

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David Tyree had the highlight reel catch of Super Bowl XLII, but Plaxico Burress had the game-winner. Eli Manning found Burress in the end zone for the championship-clinching catch - easily Burress' greatest moment as a pro.

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Unhappy with his contract situation, Burress skipped the Giants' mandatory summer mini-camp and then sat out much of the preseason with an ankle injury. Then, shortly before the start of the regular season, the Giants agreed to a five-year, $35-million contract extension with the disgruntled receiver.

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No mandatory mini-camp, no preseason, no problem. In New York's Week 1 win over Washington, Burress made 10 catches for 133 yards.

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In a stunning Week 6 Monday night loss to Cleveland, Burress scored a touchdown but was otherwise shut down - part of a sub-par season that has seen Burress fail to top 100 yards in any game other than the opener.

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Burress had a bit of a meltdown in the Giants' Oct. 19 win over San Francisco. The NFL fined him $45,000 for his actions in that game, when he verbally abused an official and threw a ball into the stands. That came just two weeks after the Giants suspended Burress for their Oct. 5 game for missing a team meeting.

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In an easy New York win over Baltimore during Week 11, Burress tweaked his hamstring. It was that injury that sidelined him him for Sunday's game against Washington.

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The latest Burress moment: Out at a club, just hours after it was reported that he would be inactive against the Redskins because of his hamstring injury, Burress suffered a gunshot wound to his leg - self-inflicted by accident.

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