HB Danny Ware Signs His Tender: According to the NFL Players Association, exclusive rights free agent HB Danny Ware (New York Giants) has signed his 1-year, $460,000 tender. Ware was the last of the tendered exclusive rights free agents to re-sign.
Notes and Quotes on WR Plaxico Burress: According to ESPN, the lawyer for WR Plaxico Burress has been in contact with the Manhattan district attorney’s office for several months to have his client’s case “resolved” so the receiver who was charged with two felony weapons charges last December can avoid jail time. Burress is due in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday for a pretrial hearing.
Head Coach Tom Coughlin on WR Plaxico Burress’ legal troubles: “I’m very concerned about Plaxico and his family and what’s going to happen here. It’s been a terrible experience. You hope for his family he’s able to come out of this and put his life back in order.”
Coughlin on how losing Burress last year affected the team: “There’s no doubt a player of that ability level is going to be missed. It was very upsetting. Especially when you have a great sense of team. The phrases we use — I really believe they buy into that stuff — ‘Don’t let the other guys down.’ Here is a situation where guys were let down.”
