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.

Giants WR Manningham is questionable for Sunday game after missing practice

For hurting the shoulder during Thursday practice, the New York Giants receiver Mario Manningham was held out of Friday’s practice and listed questionable for Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Manningham hurt the shoulder on the final play of practice on Thursday and was held out of the team’s final workout for Sunday’s game as a precaution.

“They thought it was better if he just not work today,” Coach Tom Coughlin said. “So I’m going to list him as questionable, but hopefully he will make it.”

Manningham said that he was all right to play on Sunday. Having started six of seven games this season, the receiver has caught 28 passes for 439 yards and four touchdowns. The Giants would be glad if he could play in good condition on Sunday. But if he could not, they will have to choose a starter from Domenik Hixon and Hakeem Nicks, who is in his first year of wearing NFL jersey and has caught touchdowns in four straight games.

Giants RB Bradshaw had his ankle examined in North Carolina

After being kept out of practice most of the season, the New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw skipped another practice on Wednesday and traveled to North Carolina to have his bothersome right ankle examined by specialist Dr. Robert Anderson.

He was not the only player wearing Giants jerseys to miss the practice. Middle linebacker Antonio Pierce and backup cornerback Kevin Dockery were not practicing on the field either. Pierce had a sore ankle and Dockery was excused for personal reasons.

Although Bradshaw has rushed for 455 yards this season despite the injury, he just wanted to stop it from bothering him. Because of the injury, he has missed Wednesday and Thursday practice most weeks while wearing a boot to protect both his sore right ankle and foot.

Giants installed the Wildcat offense after Eagles signed Vick

Half day after the Philadelphia Eagles signed with disgraced quarterback Michael Vick, the New York Giants were practicing with the Wildcat offense, which they knew their rival team the Eagles would also use this season.

But Coach Tom Coughlin insisted that the two events were not related, and they used the trendy offense because they knew some opponents would use the Wildcat against them this season. It was not a special preparation for Eagles’ version of Wildcat, in which Vick would possibly play a role in his new eagles jersey.

As for the news that the Vick was signed by the Eagles, the Giants did not seem to be surprised. Actually some Giants players were happy to see Vick get a second chance to play in the NFL after he served 18 months of sentence in federal prison for conspiracy and running a dogfighting operation.