December 21
New York Post
columnist Mark Cannizzaro
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In between making dynamic game-changing plays, see the Jets receiver preen and prance after catching touchdown passes, call out teammates for poor play when the team is struggling, pout when he's not getting enough balls thrown his way and grow defiant when his actions are called into question. Go ahead, admit if you were asked before the season, you'd figure that diva receiver's name would be Plaxico Burress. Burress, after all, arrived to the Jets almost straight from the penitentiary after doing 22 months for gun possession, and with that comes an assumption he's a bad guy."
August 30
New York Post
columnist Mark Cannizzaro
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A week ago, there was a concerted effort on the part of the Jets to get Plaxico Burress the ball early and often. Last night, in the same building formerly known as the New Meadowlands Stadium and now represented by Snoopy, there was a concerted effort on the part of the Giants to deny Burress of getting the ball at all. You sure got the feeling in the Jets' 17-3 win at MetLife Stadium that the Giants would rather have lost 47-3 than allow Burress to bask in another big night at their expense. Barring serious injury to any of their key players or a return to the sideline by Ray Handley, the last thing the Giants wanted out of last night's preseason game was their former receiver"