Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

[grotonsteel]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

I think the biggest reason Plax is entertaining other offers is because he wants to be a number 2 at least. If the Steelers said he would be a 3 behind wallace and Ward he'll be gone.

He should be a 2 here. He and Wallace on the outside would be great. Also, I see us running more 3 to 4 sets this season and then the difference between a 2 and a 3 is negated.

Stay tuned I guess. But I bet he signs with either the Eagles or Jets.

I think Jets more likely with Edwards moving out.

Beagles have Jackson and Maclin as 1-2 right now. I don't see Plex being a No.2 there.

[BackwoodsSteeler]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

I think the biggest reason Plax is entertaining other offers is because he wants to be a number 2 at least. If the Steelers said he would be a 3 behind wallace and Ward he'll be gone.

He should be a 2 here. He and Wallace on the outside would be great. Also, I see us running more 3 to 4 sets this season and then the difference between a 2 and a 3 is negated.

Stay tuned I guess. But I bet he signs with either the Eagles or Jets.

I think Jets more likely with Edwards moving out.

Beagles have Jackson and Maclin as 1-2 right now. I don't see Plex being a No.2 there.

You're probably right.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

put eddie down as a no to plax.

i just don't feel it would be worth the 10 million he reportedly would command as well as the fact it might slow the progress of our young WR's.

sometimes the past is better left there.

[BackwoodsSteeler]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

put eddie down as a no to plax.

i just don't feel it would be worth the 10 million he reportedly would command as well as the fact it might slow the progress of our young WR's.

sometimes the past is better left there.

I would imagine a lot of that money would be incentive based.

1000 yards....mill
100 catches...mill
pro bowl...mill or so.

I don't think there is a team that would sign him to a two year deal worth 10 mill with his being out of the league for two years.

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

Updated: July 30, 2011

Plaxico Burress meets with Steelers

By James Walker
ESPN.com


The Pittsburgh Steelers officially have entered the Plaxico Burress sweepstakes. General manager Kevin Colbert confirmed the team met with its 2000 first-round pick early Saturday morning, just one day after Burress met with the New York Giants, another former team.

According to Colbert, there have been no contract negotiations with the free-agent wide receiver, who was released from prison earlier this summer. But overall it was a productive visit.

"Drew [Rosenhaus], his agent, is interested, and we're certainly interested," Colbert said. "So where it goes, we will find out."

Colbert will meet with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin later in the day to gauge his feelings and where Burress, 34, potentially could fit. The next step would be determining a price tag. The Steelers did not work out Burress Saturday.

"We've seen enough of [Burress'] work. Of course, if we advance to a contract, we'd have to do a physical and see where he is physically," Colbert said. "But from what I've seen he looks great from a conditioning standpoint. Of course, he's missed two years of football. Until he gets back on the football field, nobody is going to know that."

Burress was released from prison on June 6 after serving 20 months for a gun charge.

A source close to Burress said Friday night that Burress has his eyes on the Philadelphia Eagles, who can deliver another monster blow to the Giants if they land Burress. The Eagles stunned many with their signing of top free-agent cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha Friday.

Burress spent about 90 minutes Friday evening meeting with Giants coach Tom Coughlin, general manager Jerry Reese, owner John Mara and several of his former teammates.

"I would say it was positive conversations all the way around," Reese said. "I thought we had a good visit. We will see what comes out of this. Again, we don't bring people in for the fun of it. We bring people in to investigate if it's a possibility for the New York Giants. We think it's probably a possibility and we will see where it goes."

James Walker covers the AFC North for ESPN.com.

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[papillon]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

Plex would easily be the #2 and probably the #1 receiver for the Steelers. Wallace doesn't have the experience and Ward is old and slowing down. Plex and Ben had good chemistry when he was a Steeler. Plex and Wallace would be #1 and #2 and the receiver with the most yards and catches in Steeler history becomes #3.

Pappy

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

Plaxico Burress to visit 49ers next

Posted by Michael David Smith on July 30, 2011


After a positive visit with the Steelers today, Plaxico Burress is getting ready for a cross-country flight.

Burress will visit the 49ers today, Steve Serby of the New York Post reports.

Although Serby says Burress will then visit the Jets tomorrow, Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that Burress hasn’t decided yet whether he’ll visit the Jets, and that if Burress stays in New York it would be with the Giants.

We had previously noted that there were reports calling the 49ers long shots to land Burress. But if Burress and the 49ers’ brass both think a face-to-face visit is worth their time on this busiest of NFL days, and if Burress is considering turning down invitations to visit other teams, there must be a realistic chance that it could happen.

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[Oviedo]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

Don't waste the camp repetitions and game opportunities that could help Sanders, Brown and even Sweed develop on a WR with no future.

Just say NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: Plaxico Burress expected to sign with Giants or Steelers

Updated: August 1, 2011

Gang Green bounces back with Burress

By Ian O'Connor
ESPNNewYork.com


We already knew the New York Jets could talk a big game, a bigger game than they could play. We knew they could guarantee championships, and call Tom Brady vulgar names and carry themselves with the swagger of a dynastic team-to-be.

But we didn't know if they could take a punch, until now.

The Jets were embarrassed the other day when they lost Nnamdi Asomugha to the Philadelphia Eagles, this after asking just about everyone except Joe Namath and Don Maynard to restructure their deals to make Asomugha theirs.

The rejection rocked the foundation of the Jets' program, the core belief that every free agent worth a damn was desperate to play for Rex Ryan. With the rest of the AFC surely mocking them in private, reveling in their misery, the Jets needed to reestablish their credibility as a preferred destination for the stars.

Plaxico Burress gives them that credibility at the Giants' expense.

This isn't to say Burress will be for the Jets what he was for the Giants on that indelible night in the Arizona desert, when he took painkilling injections in his knee before scoring the winning touchdown in a Super Bowl upset over New England that Giants owner John Mara called the franchise's greatest victory of all.

Burress spent 21 months in prison for accidentally shooting himself in a Manhattan nightclub, he hasn't played an NFL down in more than two seasons and he will turn 34 before opening night against the Cowboys on Sept. 11.

But Burress is still a 6-foot-5 receiver with strong hands and a condor's wingspan. Jerry Reese, the Giants' general manager, forever referred to Burress as a "Spider-Man," and one who would benefit every quarterback in the league.

So yes, once he steadies his legs, Burress will benefit Mark Sanchez, a guy who needs a lot of help near the goal line. Burress would've benefited Eli Manning, too, even if Eli didn't sound any more eager to spend another season with Plax than he would've been to take a two-week Caribbean cruise with Jeremy Shockey and Tiki Barber.

Reese realized as much, invited Burress to the Giants' facility, and made an offer of employment. Reese and Tom Coughlin have issues all over the field. They need a playmaker or three, especially since the team in Philly using them as a divisional doormat gets better every hour, on the hour.



Only Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum wanted Burress more than Reese did. Tannenbaum had spent the week chasing every available big name outside of Ubaldo Jimenez, and the Asomugha disaster left him itching to spend money and save face.

Tannenbaum offered Burress one year and $3.017 million, fully guaranteed, and ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter was the first to report that Burress took the deal. On a day when the Giants did nothing of significance, when even the Yankees stood still at the non-waiver trade deadline, the Jets seized the marketplace by the throat.

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Within hours, Matt Higgins, a team executive, tweeted that Plaxico jerseys were on sale for 80 bucks a pop. To the victor go the spoils.

And this was a victory for the Jets, even if Burress returns as a diminished asset who requires half a season of reps before becoming a credible game-day threat. The Jets couldn't afford to pay Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards. They needed a relatively cheap, short-term complement to their chosen No. 1, Holmes, and they're gambling that Burress will be a bigger, better option than Edwards inside the 20 in the postseason tournament.

It's a good gamble, and Tannenbaum has majored in those. The GM has had a Vernon Gholston or two, but he's traded up in recent drafts for Sanchez, Darrelle Revis, David Harris, Dustin Keller and Shonn Greene. Tannenbaum has a rising franchise player at quarterback, two Super Bowl stars at receiver, maybe the best defensive player in New York since Lawrence Taylor in his secondary and, oh yeah, an outsized head coach in Ryan who has led his team to the AFC title game in each of his first two years.

The Burress bulletin only advanced a trend. Same Bold Jets.

"I just look at all the pieces to the puzzle that are already in place," Burress said on a Sunday conference call with reporters. "Putting myself into this equation, being able to play besides Santonio Holmes, LaDainian Tomlinson, Mark Sanchez, I just feel it's a great new opportunity for me. I just want to come here and help these guys win."

Burress made his decision Sunday morning in the Los Angeles airport, and made it without even talking to Ryan. The receiver said he was touched by a recruiting visit paid him by Tannenbaum and owner Woody Johnson in the spring of 2009, before he went off to jail.

"It really meant a lot to me and my family," Burress said.

So did the guaranteed cash. Burress cost himself millions, and needs to make up for lost time.

The Giants are poorer for it, and so are two potential Super Bowl teams, the Eagles and Steelers, whose quarterbacks wanted Plax to the max.

The Jets landed Burress because they needed him more than the competition did. Asomugha's end-around made them look a little silly and a lot vulnerable.

The Burress signing makes the Giants look the same way.

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