The End For Plaxico

The end comes quietly for many players. They either retire on their on own terms, get released or are injured. In the case of WR Plaxico Burris, a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder will end his season and most likely his career.

It will end in Pittsburgh where it all started when he was the 8th overall pick in the 2000 draft, 191 selections before Tom Brady. Burris bolted to the Giants after five seasons. He lost the  2009 and 2010 seasons to prison on a gun charge after he accidentally shot himself with an illegal handgun.

He resurfaced with the Jets for the 2011 season and signed with the Steelers during 2012 as a free agent. Although he played well after prison, he was never the same player after losing two years.

As in the case for so many players, his injury got a slight mention by one of the football writers in a column.