It was an obvious jab at Jets receiver Plaxico Burress, who once shot himself in the leg to world-wide embarrassment.
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The Giants beat the Patriots 17-14 on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left.
Also dropping off: Plaxico Burress (gun bust), Ndamkong Suh (dirty play), and Terrell Owens (all-around pot stirrer), memories of whom are fading quickly.
The Plaxico Burress shooting incident is a hand-wrapped holiday gift to football fans who hate the New York Giants and to sports talk-radio stations looking to fill the hours.
That spectacular completion put Manning in the position to seal the deal with the winning end zone pass to Plaxico Burress with only 35 seconds left on the clock.
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Apparently mimicking Jets receiver Plaxico Burress, he appeared to act as if he'd shot himself in the leg, then he stretched out his arms like a Jet and faked a crash.
Four plays later, just before halftime of that game, quarterback Mark Sanchez found Plaxico Burress for a 14-yard touchdown a crucial play that allowed the Jets to tie the game at 14.
New York opted against bringing back deep threat Braylon Edwards, who was 28, and instead signed Plaxico Burress, who'd gone nearly three years without playing a professional game and was about to turn 34.
Mr. Pryor has pulled a Plaxico Burress.
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Then it was the Plaxico gunplay.
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People caught violating the laws get punished, even famous people, like former New York Giants football star Plaxico Burress, who walked into a nightclub with a loaded gun tucked into his track pants in 2008 and accidentally shot himself in the thigh.
Jets fans are excited Antonio Cromartie is back, and there's also the signing of Plaxico Burress when you have a chance to land a 33-year-old wide receiver who hasn't played football for two seasons because he was in prison, you gotta do it but on Friday the Eagles stunned New York and the NFL by signing the coveted cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.
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