Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Antonio Burress is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers eighth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft and also played for the New York Giants and the New York Jets. He caught the game-winning catch of Super Bowl XLII as the Giants beat the New England Patriots. He played college football at Michigan State...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth12 August 1977
CityNorfolk, VA
easily everybody goes knows nobody offense stop team ugliest yards
Everybody knows we just put up probably the ugliest 400 yards that an offense can put up. I've never been on a team where we can just put up 300, 400 yards so easily and make it look so ugly. That just goes to show that if we can just go out and be flawless, nobody will be able to stop us.
bring hands shot took
I took it as a challenge. In my position, I took it on myself that if he didn't get his hands on the ball, I had a shot at it to bring it in.
ability
I want to go out and show my ability and what I can do.
anyone routes takes time timing
It takes time to get your timing on your routes and things like that, ... It's getting a little easier, but you don't want to get anyone hurt.
city people seemed thrown took
It kind of seemed like everything was thrown on my back off of one play that I didn't make, ... and I took that kind of personal, from the people in that city and some of the things that were said about me.
seemed
It seemed everything we did, they had an answer. It's kind of embarrassing to play like that.
ball basically thrown worried
When I was in Pittsbugh, I was basically worried about how many times the ball would be thrown my way,
kindness respond wish
We've got kind of one of those offenses where we respond when we need to. I just wish we could've responded a little earlier.
none regular season sit time worry
The regular season is here now so you don't have time to worry about none of that anyway, ... You've just got to go out and you've got to make it right. You can't sit back and say 'Oh, we've got time.'
early entire games hard routes work
We work hard on our routes in practice. We come out early before games and go through our entire route tree.
adjusted changes couple game gets playoff settle sure
This is the playoffs, the game changes a little bit, things get a little more difficult. He hasn't experienced a playoff game yet, but I'm sure when he gets in there for the first couple of series, he'll settle down and he'll get adjusted just fine.
coaches definitely dreamed family growing kid lost monday night players playing scattered team
As a kid growing up, you always dreamed of playing on 'Monday Night Football,' ... This is a different situation. You've got players and coaches on their team that lost homes, have scattered family members. They definitely have a lot to come out and play for, and doing it on a Monday night stage, because of the situation, they're definitely going to be emotional.
days
Some days you get the pretty lady. Some days you get the beast.
business came guys handled home people playoff york
I think the people of New York are happy. We came out here and handled our business and now we can go home and give those guys one playoff game. They're going to be rowdy.