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WR Plaxico Burress, New York Giants

HT: 6-5, WT: 231, Born: 8-12-1977, College: Michigan State, Drafted: Round 1, Pick 8

2008 Projections

2007 Game Summaries

Week 1 - Burress caught a deep pass on the Giants' opening drive, resulting in a 60 yard touchdown. He made little contribution on the next three drives, and was responsible for Manning's only interception after he slipped and fell when Manning targeted him. Burress redeemed himself on the following drive by making a good 27 yard reception before scoring on a four yard catch. He was very involved in the second half, catching passes of 20 yards and eight yards for first downs on the opening possession of the half. Burress almost caught an inaccurate pass to end the drive, but he knocked it up in the air with one hand and couldn't make the catch in the end zone. Burress caught his third touchdown pass of the game on the Giants' penultimate possession.

Week 2 - Despite the fact that Burress had a relatively quiet game in which he caught two passes for 32 yards he did catch his fourth touchdown of the year. The play came in the second quarter when Manning hooked up with Burress in the end zone for the 26 yard strike. His only other catch of the game came just before the two-minute warning of the first half and went for six yards. Following the play, Burress was seen limping to the locker room prior to the end of the first half, but did return in the third quarter. His only target of the second half resulted in a three yard pass interference penalty on Green Bay cornerback Al Harris.

Week 3 - Burress turned in another solid game, despite battling injuries, as he reeled in five catches for 86 yards and one touchdown. He was targeted a team high 14 times, however dropped four balls that were thrown to him in the first half. His fourth quarter touchdown catch, which proved to be the game winner, was on a short route that allowed Plaxico to get in space and show off his speed, as he outran the Washington secondary for a 33 yard touchdown.

Week 4 - Burress caught a jump ball for a touchdown in the second quarter, his sixth of the year. Most of his targets were deep incompletions or short quick hits. Manning did not seem to use the height advantage Burress had other than the touchdown pass he made to Burress.

Week 5 - Burress continued his stellar and consistent play hauling in five of eight targets for 124 yards and a touchdown. It was his fifth game in a row with a touchdown grab, and this one could have been one for the highlight reel. Trailing in the fourth quarter, Burress caught a short pass in the flat and stiff armed a defender to the ground as he galloped for a 52 yard touchdown score to put the Giants ahead for good.

Week 6 - Despite dealing with a sprained ankle, Burress has gotten off to a great start this season having scored in every game. He caught his first pass on a third and long play that netted him 15 yards and a first down on the Giants on their first drive. Burress had an 18 yard pass over the middle of the field on the second drive of the first half. He got wide open deep down the middle of the field in the second quarter and QB Eli Manning hit him for a 43 yard touchdown pass. It was Burress' eighth touchdown this season and it ties him for the most scores in league with New England's WR Randy Moss. He got a first down for the Giants on an eight yard pass late in the second quarter to extend their drive. Burress almost had another big touchdown pass on the next play, but the Falcons defender knocked the ball away. He still finished the first half with great numbers as he caught five passes for 89 yards, including a touchdown. Burress only had one catch for eight yards in the second half as the Giants only tried going deep once in the second half.

Week 7 - Burress was held without a touchdown today for the first time all season as he caught five of his six targets for 43 yards. He was blanketed most of the day which allowed quarterback Eli Manning room to find his other receivers underneath and out of the backfield.

Week 8 - Burress caught two passes for 14 yards, and no touchdowns. He was targeted a total of nine times. Will Allen made life difficult for Burress playing very physical at the line of scrimmage, while able to stay with Burress all over the field. He did not have any drops, but was a victim of three bad Eli Manning throws, with three others thrown into tight coverage. Burress was targeted twice deep both times in the first quarter, but was unable to come down with the ball either time.

Week 10 - Burress hauled in four of his seven looks for 24 yards on the day. He was continuously double covered and was the target on one of Manning's interceptions.

Week 11 - Burress and his signal caller were obviously not on the same page today as they often were unable to hook up, mainly because Burress was not at the spot that Manning was throwing to. He did not appear to be slowed by his injured ankle, as he was able to catch four balls for 47 yards and make some athletic moves in space.

Week 12 - Considering the issues Burress faced in the game, his final numbers were outstanding. The first issue was that it was clear Burress was bothered by his ankle during the game. He did not seem to make many hard cuts, and had a hard time getting out of his breaks. The second issue he dealt with was not being on the same page it seems with Eli Manning. Burress and Manning we just not in sync with each other. Despite that, Burress led the Giants in receptions with seven, yards with 93, and caught the lone touchdown pass from Manning. Even with the gimpy ankle, Burress was able to get open on the Vikings defensive backs.

Week 13 - Plaxico Burress finished the game with three catches for 36 yards on eight targets. Burress was targeted deep only once, and didn't appear to be playing at 100%, but played through his lingering ankle injury. He had trouble gaining separation, though still garnered a lot of attention from the Bears secondary. Burress' biggest play of the game came on the Giants last drive, where he caught a 15 yard pass in traffic that would eventually setup the game winning Reuben Droughns two yard touchdown. One of Burress' eight targets came in the fourth quarter, however it was picked off by Bears cornerback Charles Tillman, for one of Eli Manning's two interceptions on the day.

Week 14 - Burress fought through his ankle injury and posted another great game, bringing in seven of his 12 targets for 136 yards, and New York's go ahead touchdown. Most of his yards surprisingly came after the catch where Burress was able to bring in the ball on underneath routes, and put his legs to work in getting those hard fought yards.

Week 15 - Burress was shadowed by the Redskins all night. He was targeted deep several times, but was unable to hold onto any of the passes due to the double coverage. Burress looked like he gave up on a couple of routes that were well covered, and Eli Manning targeted Burress on these routes a couple times by finding areas that the coverage was weak; however Burress was not there.

Week 16 - Burress managed to catch one pass for six yards as Manning had trouble handling the ball in tough weather conditions.

Week 17 - Plaxico Burress caught four passes for 84 yards and two touchdowns on eight targets. He started out the game with a bang, catching a pass down the deep middle for 52 yards, eventually setting up Brandon Jacobs with a receiving score. Burress garnered a target short left in the endzone in the second quarter, but was in tight coverage with Asante Samuel. Kevin Boss would score one play later. In the second half Burress came alive again, first catching a beautiful ball down the right sideline narrowly keeping his feet in bounds for a 19 yard touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Burress caught Eli Manning's last score of the game on a one handed grab for three yards. He found himself wide open after the defender fell down, then made the one handed stab look easy.

Week 18 - Burress was targeted six times and finished with four receptions for 38 yards. While he wasn't able to get much going downfield, Burress was able to pull in two first down receptions for the Giants.

Week 19 - Burress had a sub par game, and seemed to be affected by his injured ankle. He was targeted deep twice, including once in the end zone, but only hauled in one catch.

Week 20 - Plaxico Burress looked healthy, catching 11 of his 14 targets for 154 yards. Much was made throughout the game about a physical battle between Burress and Packers cornerback Al Harris. On the field there's no question who got the better of it though, as Burress was frequently beating single coverage. His longest play of the game came on a ball thrown deep down the right sideline. It was in tight coverage, but Burress was able to jump up and grab the ball before Harris had a chance to make a play at it. Burress accounted for nine of the Giants' 12 passing first downs, and essentially carried the passing game with Amani Toomer struggling to catch the ball.

Week 21 - Burress only caught two of the nine balls thrown his way, but they were important ones. One converted a third down on their field goal drive and the other ended up being a touchdown reception where he made the defender fall down with his cut. Burress caught the game winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. He did drop one pass though that would have resulted in a first down, but it was due to coverage ripping his arm away.