J-e-t-s Jets Jets Jets!!!!!

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

If we had a ton of picks to begin with, I wouldn't have minded the deal. But we ended up with basically two picks, and Sanchez will have no one to throw the ball to even if he excels this year. We're banking on David Clowney to become a #1/#2? Really? I'm not a big Shonn Greene fan either. I hope I'm wrong about both picks, but right now I feel like the defense will have to be amazing, because there will be no passing game to speak of.

Plax will look good in green

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by gales0678

Plax will look good in green

Before or after his stint in orange?

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

Before or after his stint in orange?

i don't think he will do jail time - it's an opinion , i think the giants were just tired of him , but, i say he gets community service

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by gales0678

i don't think he will do jail time - it's an opinion , i think the giants were just tired of him , but, i say he gets community service

I believe that the Giants would have taken him back. But since his court date/trial (which was supposed to take place at the beginning of the month) was delayed until I believe June, forced the Giants hand. They just couldn't afford to sit there, wait and do nothing until the trial. Then if he gets jail time, then they are really screwed. Instead they released him and went on their way on making their team better.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by gales0678

i don't think he will do jail time - it's an opinion , i think the giants were just tired of him , but, i say he gets community service

I don't know where this idea that he may not do jail time is coming from, but I do know New York State law. The charge that he is facing is called a Class C Violent Felony which carries a minimum of 3 1/2 years jail, maximum 15 years. Even if he could somehow get the Manhattan District Attorney to offer a lower level felony where generally there is no minimum jail sentence, there is a specific exception for loaded guns that requires a minimum of a 1 year jail sentence, unless mitigating circumstances can be shown. While an argument can be made that mitigating circumstances exist here in that Burress did not point the gun at or threaten anyone with it, he did not shoot or hurt anyone other than himself, and there does not seem to be any intent to use it other than to have it to defend himself, Judges will rarely agree to mitigating circumstances and it is a tough sell in any case, let alone one being scruitinized by the media.

The Manhattan DA, as most prosecutors in the New York Metropolitan Area, tend to be tough on loaded guns. While nothing surprises me in criminal law, I do have to believe that considering the plea bargain statutory restrictions, it is highly likely that Burress is going to jail for at least a year, or more likely, at least 2 years even on a reduced plea bargain.

There is a reason why the Giants cut ties with him.