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Speaking for the first time since the Giants released Burress, John Mara said the team had had enough of the troubled wide receiver. Mara revealed Thursday that the Giants had attempted to reach Burress repeatedly with no success, which angered the team president and CEO. "I know (GM) Jerry Reese had attempted to contact him on a number of occasions and was not able to get a hold of him, which to be honest with you irritated me quite a bit," Mara said.
Reported by the New York Daily News
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Mara added: "I was fairly certain, to be honest with you, that at the end of the '08 season that he was probably not coming back to us. ..." Even though Mara did not expect Burress to return for the coming season, he said the Giants wanted to see how Burress' legal case would progress before making a decision. Mara said that if the Giants had identified a WR they wanted in free agency, they would have gone after that player despite not having made a decision on Burress. Shortly after Burress' court case on illegal weapons charges was delayed on March31, the Giants released him.
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