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Just Say No to Plaxico

Jan 13, 2009 – 10:56 PM
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Jay Mariotti

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So how does a proud, discipline-driven football franchise respond after a star receiver sabotages a season? What should the New York Giants do with Plaxico Burress, a complexico kind of creep who carried a loaded Glock into a crowded nightclub, accidentally pumped a bullet through his right thigh -- and blew up his team's chances of repeating as Super Bowl champions?

Why, of course, they're thinking about bringing him back.

This consideration surely will be accompanied by a Plaxico Pity Parade up the Canyon of Heroes, through the tunnel to New Jersey, past Eli Manning's scenic crib in Hoboken and over the winding hill to the Meadowlands, where Burress can be the latest foul odor in the swamps.

Never mind that he could have killed himself or another patron that night in midtown Manhattan. Never mind that he faces charges of criminal possession of a weapon and might end up in jail for a while, a nice complement to an NFL suspension likely to span at least four games next season. Never mind that his foolishness debilitated an offense and distracted a team that was 10-1 when the G-man packed G-heat inside the now-infamous Latin Quarter.
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