Plaxico Burress, Who Spent Nearly 2 Years In Prison, Likened The Experience To Playing For The Jets

Former Jets WR Compares Playing for New York to Time in Prison

The New York Jets caught an unbelievable stray from a former player on Tuesday. With notoriously poor ownership and shaky team infrastructure, former players speaking ill of the Jets isn’t anything new. But it reached new heights with these comments.Plaxico Burress, a retired NFL wide receiver who played one season for the Jets in 2011, […] The post Former Jets WR Compares Playing for New York to Time in Prison appeared first on HEAVY.

Ex-Super Bowl Champ, Who Spent Almost Two Years in Prison, Compared It to Playing for the Jets

A truly wild statement from former Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress.

Plaxico Burress, Who Spent Nearly 2 Years In Prison, Likened The Experience To Playing For The Jets

Plaxico Burress said playing for the New York Jets felt like waking up in prison every day "feeling like a loser".

“Same Damn Feeling”: Super Bowl Champion Says Playing for the Jets Felt No Better Than 20 Months in Jail

As a New York Giants wide receiver, Plaxico Burress shocked the world with his game-winning Super Bowl LXII touchdown in the 2007 postseason, sending the undefeated (18-0) New England Patriots packing. But in the very next season, that achievement got marred. He injured himself in an accidental shooting and found himself facing criminal charges for possessing a handgun. 20 months of imprisonment later, he was ready for a comeback and found two t…