New York Giants Suspend Plaxico Burress For Remainder of Season

New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list by the team effectively ending his season. Burress was suspended without pay for four games for conduct detrimental to the team for multiple and repeated violations of club rules, according to The New York Times . The report indicates that the team physician believes that Burress would have been unable to play for at least four to six weeks in any event as a result of the gunshot wound that the wide receiver sustained. Even without being placed on the non-football injury list, the earliest Burress would have been able to suit up for the Giants would have been in the divisional round of the playoffs and perhaps as late as the Super Bowl. This is the second time this season the Giants have suspended Burress. He was suspended for 12 days, including a game against Seattle, because he missed team meetings without explanation. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin held him out of the first quarter of the ... (link)