"Plaxico Burress' first game since 2008 will be against a team he knows well, the Cowboys.

It would be natural for Burress to get emotional after missing the last two seasons while serving prison time on a felony gun charge, but he said Monday he's just trying to keep everything low key.

"I kind of go over in my mind what it's going to feel like but I don't need to know," he said. "When I get out there, whatever happens, if I shed a few tears . . . I'm excited. I want to start fresh and let it come to me.

"Just enjoy it. There's no pressure," he added.

Burress said he's getting more comfortable in the Jet offense as he has shaken off the rust in an abbreviated offseason. "I just (have to) focus on the game, seeing the whole game as I'm playing as opposed to when I first got here when the game was in pieces I was just so focused on myself," he said. "I'm really starting to understand the concept of the offense to where I'm running full speed."

His return comes against the team he played against twice a year while with the Giants.

"No doubt about it," he said when asked if the familiarity will help. "They have great players over there who I've played against but at the same time, they have a whole new scheme. Until we watch film, I can't be quite sure what it is.""