Giants Coach Coughlin expressed regret for former WR Burress

It’s been a few months since former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty and was sent to jail to serve two years of imprisonment, and his former coach Tom Coughlin still remembers him and recently expressed that he felt sad for what happened to the ex-NFL receiver.

“It’s very sad," Coughlin said today at the NFL annual league meetings. "I’m hoping that he has an opportunity to come home quickly. I hope he’s paid his dues and I hope all of those things have been … he does have a young boy and a young daughter. He’s needed. I just think that’s a real sad event that took place, not that it isn’t deserved, but when you think about a young guy with a young family been away this long, I’m hoping he comes out a better person and has the ability to see all that you have to in terms of doing the right things and making the right choices.”

Coughlin also said that he has considered corresponding with Burress, but actually it was Burress’ former teammate, defensive end Michael Strahan has ever visited him in prison. Whatsoever, Coughlin did said something good of the prisoner- he believes that Burress will be able to wear back the NFL jersey of a team but it is not necessarily to be the Giants.

NFL USO Coaches Toured to Iraq

Recently the NFL organized a groud of coaches to visit overseas U.S. military troops. The NFL USO Coaches Tour included three current and two former NFL coaches -- New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin, Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, retired Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher and former Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden.

They will meet as many troops as possible and thank them for their service. The tour started from Washington, D.C. where the group boarded flight. They flied 13 hours to Kuwait City and then got a ride from the commercial airport to a U.S. military base in order to catch a military flight to Baghdad.

While waiting for the flight, the coaches met service members for the first time. Most of the coaches had interaction with their fans. Two Giants fans ran to meet Tom Coughlin; a Steelers fan caught the chance to have a photo with Bill Cowher; some servicemen had a chat with Jeff Fisher; and the fromer Eagles defensive backs coach John Harbaugh had a conversation with a couple of Eagles fans. Only CW4 John Case (originally from Texas did not talk with Coughlin because he is a big Cowboy fan.

Then the coaches boarded two small C-12 military airplanes and flied to Baghdad. They arrived around midnight local time.