Free Plaxico!

Call me crazy, but I feel bad for Plaxico Burress. He didn’t hurt anyone, besides himself, and he got a raw deal. There are so many worse things he could have done: killed someone (see: Ray Lewis), raped a woman (see: Big Ben), taken a dump in his girlfriend’s hamper (see: Najeh Davenport), or some other awful act. Lest we forget, he didn’t paralyze a strip club worker (see: Pacman), he didn’t organize a dog-fighting ring (see: Vick), he just shot himself.

The old saying goes, ‘If you need a gun to go somewhere you probably shouldn’t be going there.’ Well a week before Plax shot himself teammate Steve Smith was reportedly robbed outside of his own home. Last week boxer Vernon Forrest was shot dead after being carjacked. If these athletes can’t go to their own home without protection, where can they go and feel safe? Plax was just trying to avoid getting robbed, if you ask me he’s a vigilante.