Welcome Back

I'm not welcoming football back here. Not yet, but it's coming back. No, I'm welcoming back former receiver and inmate Plaxico Burress. I'm really no fan of Burress. Inconsistent hands on a receiver always bugs me. I've never much cared for his attitude. While nothing like the problem child Terrell Owens, Burress is an occasional nuisance. In the eyes of most, the biggest target on Burress was drawn on him by one particular stupid mistake. Carrying a gun into a nightclub isn't bright. Accidentally shooting yourself in the leg with that gun is really quite stupid. It's just difficult to imagine that ridiculous mistake translating into a 2-year prison sentence. It just doesn't seem right. From the moment the trial started, it seemed that the judge and prosecutors were out to hammer Burress. Make an example of him. They offered no plea bargain and went after the maximum sentence. Michael Vick did similar time and his crime was morally corrupt and vicious. BART cop Johnannes Mehserle kills an unarmed, restrained man and does less time. Burress deserved about a day and forever considered an idiot. He deserves a return to the league. In a recent interview with NFL Network's Rich Eisen, Burress sounded like a new man. Perhaps his cancer-like quailities are a thing of the past. It really does sound like it. I hope that his return to football comes with a team other than the Vikings, but that has more to do with his shaky hands than anything else. Welcome back and good luck Plaxico Burress.