"That Plaxico Burress has usurped this many headlines outside of New York, where the former Giant rose to hero and fell to villain in a 10-month span, demonstrates the lack of substantial NFL news circulating this summer. Blame it on the lockout.

As negotiations to end the lockout grind on, just about every beat writer in the league is popping up at public appearances, staking out voluntary team workouts to decipher which teams are and are not interested in Burress. Never mind the fact that Burress, who was released from an upstate New York prison Monday after serving 21 months on a gun possession charge, can't negotiate with, or sign a contract, with a new team until a new collective bargaining agreement has been signed.

Still, here are some words on Burress' future, which you may take as earnest or fluff, depending on your wont.

-- The Eagles emerged as the morning-line favorite to land Burress last week, when Giants running back (and Burress buddy) Brandon Jacobs said the Eagles are the primary target. The Eagles gambled and won big on signing Michael Vick after his stint in prison, but coach Andy Reid told the Philadelphia Daily News while building a playground that "We haven't even gone there. ... There is nothing you can do there.""