Published 10/6/2008
at The Blue Screen - NY Daily News Blogs
Plaxico Burress reported for work as scheduled this morning, worked out with some of his teammates, met with Tom Coughlin and according to the coach is “ready to go.”
It also appears that he will reclaim his place in the starting lineup, though Coughlin wasn’t completely committal on that. At first he answered that question by saying “We’ll see,” but he later added “I would say ‘Yes.’”
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It didn’t sound like he had given it a lot of thought, which might have been the reason for the hesitation. I suspect given that Burress is still the Giants’ best receiver, he will start in Cleveland next Monday night.
Meanwhile, Coughlin seemed pretty anxious to put this whole affair behind him. He wasn’t in the mood to answer questions about Burress’ mindset or how he handled the whole two-week suspension. All he would say is that Burress was in on time today and ...
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