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
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.
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.
best everybody great job
Everybody has their day at the office, Jay's one of the best kickers in the league. He's been doing a great job for us.
best everybody great job
Everybody has their day at the office, ... Jay's one of the best kickers in the league. He's been doing a great job for us.
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.
humbling year
It was just a humbling year for me,
few great plays throw
It was just a great throw by Eli. I'm here to make a few big plays for the team.
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.
small
I told the guys, this is the small hat. I want the championship hat.
achieve averaged catch games last less opportunity people per receiver yards
Some people say I may have underachieved when I was in Pittsburgh, ... But you have to have the opportunity to achieve anything, period, much less overachieve. And I think I was a big-play receiver in Pittsburgh. I only averaged 20 yards per catch (actually 19.8 in 11 games last year).
days
Some days you get the pretty lady. Some days you get the beast.
calls handle sure
I don't see why not? ... He's a quarterback. I'm pretty sure that if it calls for him to be in that situation, he'll handle it very well.
beat carolina four guys intensity match monday night says team
For them to beat Carolina in Carolina says a lot about their team and their character. Now they've got the Monday night stage. We've just got to come out and match their intensity because if we don't, those guys are going to play all four quarters.
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.