Comments on: Plaxico prepares for a season without football

By: 2ndaryinsanity

2ndaryinsanity — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:10:24 +0000

I’m not a Jets fan (idiotic or otherwise). I wonder why so many people believe dog killers, rapists, drunk drivers who kill people, wife beaters, etc “deserve a second chance” but Plax doesn’t? He made a horrible decision and paid the consequences (bullet hole in leg, jail time, and loss of income).
The Jets offense is such a mess (c’mon, it shouldn’t take 4 pre-season games to score a TD and your 3rd string QB is the one to do it!) that Plax WOULD make a difference on the field. Since I’m not a Jets fan…did Plax cause problems last season? If so..were they as bad as giving up and trying to fight teammates in the huddle during a game? Granted, Holmes is more talented and expensive.
But I am curious why the Jets (or Dolphins) don’t try to sign Plax for the league minimum and use him in the red zone. Even at 35, he’s a better option than most of the ‘fins receivers.

By: electionconfidential

electionconfidential — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:00:32 +0000

I can’t understand why Chad and T. O. got (short) contracts when Burress didn’t… strange.

By: racerx1225

racerx1225 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:49:05 +0000

He does deserve another shot. I am shocked the Vikes havent brought him in. They have Percy Harvin and, if I may quote an announcer in a game earlier this week: “Not another WR worthy of an NFL roster.”

By: noodlecbs

noodlecbs — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:28:09 +0000

He totally deserves another shot….hopefully to ttimehe dome this time.

By: bluefunk72

bluefunk72 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:18:45 +0000

No worries, he is one injury away from being signed to a squad.

By: ben1332

ben1332 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:56:26 +0000

He’d be the Vikings second-best receiver before the ink dried but Spielman is convinced that Ponder and Kalil are so good that they don’t need any receivers.

By: voxnovo

voxnovo — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:46:40 +0000

Just goes to show: Players who are locker room poison can’t afford to lose a step.

If Burress had Jerry Rice’s attitude and work habits, he’d still be drawing an NFL paycheck.

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:36:28 +0000

Plax….just look at it this way: You now have all the time in the world to troll flashy nightclubs wearing a sideways baseball cap and a pistol in your pocket.

By: k0mbucha

k0mbucha — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:05:25 +0000

If he wasn’t such a head case he would be on a team right now, throw in his age and teams will shy away choosing to go with younger players that won’t disrupt the locker room.

Plax was on to good teams with the Steelers and Giants and found a way to get booted from both.

By: scottnrsv

scottnrsv — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:57:08 +0000

Makes you think what the jets really saw in
The locker room with this guy. He was so so
On the field last year after not playing in a few
Years

By: vincentbojackson

vincentbojackson — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:55:07 +0000

The phone will be ringing on Monday when teams can sign him at a bargain price. There will be an injury or two, there will be some dropped balls by guys on the bubble, and the Jets, Dolphins, Cowboys and Vikings will still be thin at the position.

By: sportnorcal

sportnorcal — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:41:00 +0000

Good to see he isnt completely delusional about being a 35 yr old with declining ability and work ethic.

By: cmdrsmooth

cmdrsmooth — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:37:07 +0000

Plax being Plax. karma.

By: cantonbound13

cantonbound13 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:25:04 +0000

It’s ok. I’m a Dolphin fan that is use to preparing for a season without football. Thank you Ross.

By: tigrrrr

tigrrrr — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:21:47 +0000

Geeze… if vick was given chances, Burress deserves another one too. I mean vick… “no respect for life loser”

By: fdugrad

fdugrad — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:18:53 +0000

marygratton18: I agree with your point with the exception of Plax. I feel as though he did not have a large persona the way TO and Chad evinced. Plax was a rude, surly, self-centered person and a poor team player. While he finds himself in a similar position as the other two, I believe he was in a category that was not similar to them, and it appears as though he is experiencing his pigeons roosting.

By: orakpocalypse

orakpocalypse — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:18:11 +0000

So Dallas won’t sign him because he shot himself? Pacman shot other people and they signed him. Their top receiver now beat up his own mom. Why are they acting like they have too much class to sign this guy? He must have no skills left at all.

By: sosuhme

sosuhme — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:14:47 +0000

Plaxico got screwed by the criminal justice system. Almost 2 years in prison for what he did was a travesty of justice. Two years probation would have been a much more just sentence. The City of New York’s belief that they needed make an example out of him to make a statement about their anti-gun policies was nothing short of disgraceful.

By: cheers4ablumpkin

cheers4ablumpkin — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:50:31 +0000

So sad

By: jpietrefesa

jpietrefesa — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:45:27 +0000

One nice thing you can say about Plaixico is at least he’s not Terrell Owens…….

By: ravenmuscle

ravenmuscle — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:43:41 +0000

Some rotten team like the Steelers or Packers or Patriots could use Plax….

He’d be a perfect fit with those bums.

By: jfinn5

jfinn5 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:41:18 +0000

Maybe he can join a gun club.

By: citiciti

citiciti — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:38:37 +0000

Plax did you save any money?If you did don’t worry be happy,if not …….

By: ninerhatersgetready4ring6

ninerhatersgetready4ring6 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:37:41 +0000

Plax will be signed after week 1. Teams don’t want to guarantee his contract. He can be a red zone target for half the teams in the league..Just chill Plax , you will get your shot this year..

By: firstand4ever

firstand4ever — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:28:19 +0000

The Jets should be bring this guy back. My guess is that he will be signed by a team after week one. There are a lot of teams with questionable #2 WR’s and that’s where Plax would fit in best as a #2 WR.

Shocked that The Eagles haven’t entertained Plax. He’d be the ideal big WR to compliment Maclin and Desean who are smaller and non factors in the red zone plus Vick has good relationship with Plax.

By: seanb20124

seanb20124 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:28:06 +0000

Gotta be nice on the way up to stardom, otherwise the fall sucks

By: marygratton18

marygratton18 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:25:10 +0000

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I feel sorry for Plax, TO, and Chad. Big Talent but outsized personalities do not seem to transition well to life in the dull, real world, let alone the reality check of middle age. I hate reading when a super star player is broke and washed up after football and pathetically waiting for some team calling out of desperation. You want them to remain successful after football too like Troy Aikman, Prime, and even Sapp. It’s depressing when things don’t turn out for them.

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:19:31 +0000

When will these idiots stop playing victim and understand that there are consequences to their actions?
Playing football for a living is a privilege, not a right.
There are plenty of young men coming out of college every year. No need to recycle guys who have proven that they don’t get it.
No matter how good they say they are.
Move on, NFL.

By: green41563

green41563 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:15:12 +0000

I watched Plax all 16 games last year. He’s just not the same guy.

I think he’s still good enough to be a goalline guy, but he brings too much baggage to have him around just for that.

By: osiris33

osiris33 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:12:13 +0000

Maybe you need to prepare for a life without football dude