The Facts:
With Burress due in court next Tuesday, HC Tom Coughlin said Wednesday that he had not thought about whether he would want Burress back if he is not sent to prison on a weapons charge.
Reported by the New York Times
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Giants GM Jerry Reese has said that if Burress is not incarcerated — and agrees to a list of conditions by the team — he will welcome him back, but Coughlin said he did not have enough information about Burress’s future to make a decision. “You have to have thought it out,” Coughlin said. The coach said Burress had been in contact — via text message — with members of the Giants’ staff. Coughlin has not spoken to him recently and does not know if Burress’s thigh is fully healed from a bullet wound. But Coughlin conceded that the Giants’ offense sputtered terribly during the late-season slide after Burress was suspended. “There’s no doubt a player of that ability level is going to be missed,” Coughlin said. ... Stay tuned. We'll undoubtedly have more on Burress in coming days.
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