Happy To See Him Go

It's not a good day when an idiot's idiocy finally catches up to him, but from a football-only perspective, I'm glad to see Plaxico on his way out of the division.

The last couple years it's seemed like every single malcontent or fourth-chancer ended up on one of the Eagles' main rivals.  Tank Johnson.  Pacman Jones.  DeAngelo Hall.  T------ F------ O----.  I'm glad -- again, from a football perspective -- that one of these idiots is finally going the other direction.

Of course Dallas could still sign him in the offseason.

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From a non-football perspective, I'm getting a weird vibe about this whole thing.  On the one hand, Burress is clearly someone who's made enough bad choices that it's no surprise one finally caught up to him.  In that regard, it's very fortunate that the person he ended up shooting with his unlicensed (in New York) handgun was himself.

On the other hand, it gives me the heebie-jeebies when those in positions of great authority start talking like this.  I mean, he didn't shoot a kid.  And he didn't shoot a cop.  There's a certain extent to which he's already gotten what he deserved for being such a numbskull.

I back the blue as much as the green, but if this already looks like a pending case of overreach to me, I'm guessing it's going to look a lot worse to a lot of other people.

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Yes, I realize I've opened the door to a non-sports discussion here.  Keep it clean in the comments, but more leeway than usual.