Plaxico Burress News

Notes: Played two years of junior-college ball before amassing 152 tackles at Arizona .

The Giants have absorbed a string of terrible losses this season: a beating in New Orleans, an embarrassment at home to Arizona, a rout in Philadelphia.

The answer to the question, can the Giants get into the end zone, is No. Their drive stalled in the red zone after a play in which Steve Smith was originally credited with a reception was overturned after a replay review.

Philip Rivers and Eli Manning will forever be linked by the 2004 NFL draft, in which Manning was selected first by the Chargers, then traded to the Giants for Rivers, whom the Giants selected fourth.

The game was in the final minutes and beyond hopeless, but there was Tom Coughlin on the sidelines, coaching like he needed a touchdown to win another Super Bowl.

Rodney Hampton rushes for 6,897 yards and 49 scores in his eight seasons with the Giants.

He looks the same. Still rumpled and boyish, seems as if he just rolled out of bed, even though it's after 2 o'clock on a rainy afternoon last week at the New York Giants ' expansive new practice facility.

For years, the Eagles' secondary was tormented by the tall receiver, and nobody fit that bill better than Plaxico Burress, the Giants' lanky, slithery former wideout.

Steve Smith burst onto the scene this season -- his first as a starter -- and just as he was beginning to really have some fun, the league hit back.

The New York Giants haven't forgotten. The playoff loss to the Eagles to end last season was bad enough.

Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who said his injured ankle was grabbed on right before his fumble against the Cardinals , flew to see a noted orthopedist in North Carolina Wednesday.

Notes : Was drafted in the second round, 51st overall, by the Giants in 2007 after a standout career at USC.

Eli Manning and the Giants couldn't beat the Cardinals, but want to beat the birds they'll be playing this week: the pesky Eagles.

The Jets and Giants are both coming off losses, but the outlook for the teams is totally different.

On the first play of the Giants ' season, Danny Ware returned a kickoff 17 yards but injured his elbow when he was tackled and has not played since.

When it came to replacing former members of the Giants this offseason, a lot more attention was paid to Plaxico Burress than Steve Spagnuolo .

The rapper entered a guilty plea in a Manhattan court on Thursday as part of a deal that will see him be formally sentenced to one year in prison .

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Talk about the NFL's best receivers and the names Larry Fitzgerald and Randy Moss would be mentioned without hesitation.

Eli Manning passed for two touchdowns and 303 yards to help the New York Giants crush the Atlanta Falcons 31-10 to register their fourth successive win on Monday.

Adam Schefter answers readers' questions nearly every day in his blog. Today, he's focusing on the New York Giants' matchup with the New Orleans Saints this Sunday.