Burress is back — and fined
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- October
- 24
Sorry, it’s been a busy day on the Knicks front, so I’m catching up.
Plaxico Burress was back on the practice field today and expects to be close to 100 percent for a matchup with Pittsburgh cornerback Ike Taylor.
“Ike is a big guy,” Burress said. “Talented, very fast, quick. He is one of the better corners in the league, a physical guy. He is a good friend of mine and I am pretty sure we will have some good things to say with smiles on our faces, and just try to go out and be as productive as we can against each other. That is always a good thing about it when you have people that you know and you try to go out and make them look as bad as possible.”
Love that approach.
The bad news for Burress? He was fined was fined $45,000 by the NFL— $20,000 for comments to head linesman Phil McKinnely after the official called him for an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty in the second quarter, and $20,000 for the penalty itself. The other $5,000 was for throwing a ball into the stands following a touchdown catch.
Burress has only caught seven passes for 82 yards in the last two weeks. He’s scored a pair of touchdowns.He’s been facing a lot of double coverage lately. And when the defense cheats a step in that direction, there’s more room for Amani Toomer, Steve Smith and Domenick Hixon to roam against single coverage.
The best part of that situation is he’s not concerned about where the ball is going as long as the wins continue.
“Teams are not just going to let me line up on the backside and play one-on-one and say, ‘Try to go out and stop me,’ ” Burress said. “Maybe that is the reason why I have been able to move around a little bit, go in motion and basically learn every position on the field so I can go out and be productive week in and week out. Like I said, we have been doing some things differently because of that, we are 5-1, the guys have been out there catching a lot of balls—Smitty and Dom—so it is just making us a better team.”
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