Should Panthers go after Plaxico Burress??

[jherald]

They won't. We have a good crop of young talent and I think that Coach Rivera wants us to develop rather than going after any veterans. After all, we have smitty. He's not as fast as he used to be but he may be a good mentor for BL and DG. Unless he gets a bad taste in his mouth and decides to be that "bad apple". He appears to be coming around and warming up to Cam as well as Coach Ron so let's hope he stays. He is more a less the unofficial face of our organization. Whenever people talk about the Panthers, Steve Smith is the first name that they mention. He really needs to retire a Panther and not get out like Peppers did. The organization has been very good to him and he owes them a little gratitude. He's not the only player out there and he needs to get that "team" mentality that he lost over the last couple of seasons.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Rice

Edwards

Holmes

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No thank you.

[CatMan72]

There are other guys I'd go after long before I went after Plax, but I wouldn't object to giving him a shot.

[rayzor]

andrew brandt (a former GM) had some interesting insights about the issues with bringing plax in.

Market for Plaxico

Were I advising a team, I would tread very carefully with Burress, even for a low risk contract (see below). This is not just because he helped beat my Packers in the 2008 NFC Championship game:) My reasons are more practical.

Beyond any potential locker room baggage that he would bring, I would put Burress – turning 34 in August – in the same category as Terrell Owens and Randy Moss. After great success earlier in their careers, they are now rent-a-players, moving from team to team with short-term contracts trying to squeeze out bits and pieces of their earlier success.

Further, signing Burress – or Moss or Owens, for that matter – would retard the development of one or two young receivers that a team counts on for the future.

Finally, no matter how much people say they have changed – or coaches say that they can change them – they rarely do.

New contract, same problems

Fresh off the Super Bowl victory in 2008, Burress and Rosenhaus made advances to Giants management about an adjustment to his existing deal he signed in 2005, a $25 million deal that had three years left on it. And the Giants eventually rewarded Burress with a 5-year, $35 million deal at the start of the 2008 season. As it turned out, after all of the suspensions, forfeitures, lost game checks, fines and missed workout bonuses, Burress' total new money received of that $35 million was around $3 million.

Twenty days into the contract, the Giants suspended Burress for one game for violating team rules - missing multiple team meetings and being unreachable by phone. Prior to an appeal by Burress, the Giants cut Burress' fine in half but retained the one-game suspension, costing Burress $117,500.

A month after that Burress was fined $45,000 by the NFL for verbally abusing an official and throwing the ball into the stands.

And, as we all know, a month after that, Burress – carrying a loaded and unlicensed firearm in his sweatpants – accidentally shot himself at a New York City nightclub, later charged with two felony counts of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, to which he pleaded guilty in August of 2009. He was incarcerated on November 22, 2009 and released on Monday.

A CBA issue

Burress’ self-inflicted wound and its aftermath has become one of the big issues in the negotiations between the Owners and the Players.

Owners have been frustrated that players such as Burress and Michael Vick have been able to retain the vast majority of their bonus money despite willful bad behavior. Both the Giants and Falcons were unsuccessful in their attempts at bonus recovery, with arbitrators (and Judge Doty) ruling that their bonuses were already “earned” and therefore not recoverable.

This is an important issue on the agenda for Owners – and one that may be a topic of discussions in the meetings occurring right now – and one that the Players eventually accommodate them. With the caveat, of course, of something in return.

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Knowing Drew Rosenhaus -- who I enjoyed dealing with when the cameras were off -- there are two certainties here: (1) whether Plaxico has multiple suitors or not, Drew will say that he does, both to teams and to the media; and (2) cash is king and the team with the most upfront bonus money will likely rule the day.

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Notwithstanding the fact that I would be hesitant to sign Burress, were I in the position of negotiating the deal with Drew, I would try to make as much of the contract as possible “earnable” through performance.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/The-Plaxico-Paradox.html

brandt goes on to give some things he would make sure were included if he were to go against his better judgment and try to work a deal with him.

[pantherclaw]

It is illegal to carry a weapon into any business that makes more than 50% of it's profits from alchy. Most states have a law like this. New york is one of them.

Amazing how many people say it's not a big deal.

Plex has shown a long history of bad decisions.

Stop with the ignorance!

[bleys]

the fact that he had issues WHILE in jail should speak volumes to any rational person..