For a guy who is coming off a suspension imposed by his own team, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress sure doesn't sound like a guy who was humbled much by his involuntary time off.

“It was just a situation I had to deal with that morning, and I made the right decision,” Burress said during a conference call. “I don’t have any regrets about the decision I made at all.

“That was the decision they chose to do. I’ll take it at that. I’m not going to lose any sleep over it. I got me some rest and was able to get away for a while and chill out and relax. Things like that happen. I’ll keep moving forward and get back to doing what I do: catching footballs, scoring touchdowns and get back to work...”

“...Some of the demands they ask me to do, I just don’t meet,” Burress continued. “Maybe I have a problem with time or something, I don’t know. I haven’t been able to quite put my finger on it. Does it really bother or affect me? No. When it’s times to step on the field and play, that’s what I do.”

Problem is, it's also Burress' job to be in certain places at certain times throughout the week. Like practice and team meetings. And it's his job to make sure the team knows when he can't be where he is supposed to be.

He claims a family emergency was to blame for this particular incident, and suggests he was in the right... this time. And we agree that family comes first. Had this been an isolated incident, the team most likely would have been more forgiving if he, in fact, had a legitimate excuse. But earlier reports suggest Burress has been fined 40 to 50 times since joining the Giants in 2005 for a variety of infractions. With that type of track record, some sort of disciplinary action above and beyond a simple fine was probably long overdue.

For Burress to return with a stick up his butt, however, making disrespectful comments about how he didn't lose any sleep over being benched doesn't help his case with the team and his teammates.

It will be interesting to see if this drives a wedge between him and the club that eventually turns into a Terrell Owens type battle of wills.

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An Oshkosh man says he hasn't missed recording a Packers exhibition, regular and postseason game for the past 23 seasons. There really isn't much to do in Wisconsin, is there?

Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones apologized to Texans' owner Bob McNair for insulting comments he directed at Houston last week.

Despite displaying body language that might indicate otherwise, Detroit receiver Roy Williams says he wants to remain with the Lions. We've been unable to confirm the rumor that Williams was immediately placed in the league's substance abuse testing program immediately after making that statement.

Might Lane Kiffen file a multi-million-dollar defamation lawsuit against Raiders owner Al Davis for comments Davis made at his infamous press conference last week?

Steve Young joined fellow quarterbacks Joe Montana and John Brodie in having his uniform number retired by the 49ers.

Exactly 13 years to the day since former NFL running back O.J. Simpson was shockingly acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles, a Las Vegas jury has found him guilty of 12 counts, which include charges of armed robbery and kidnapping. Simpson now faces up to life in prison as a result.

The charges stem from an incident last year at a Las Vegas casino in which Simpson and others stormed the hotel room of a sports memorabilia dealer and held him at gunpoint.

Simpson's lawyer, of course, is arguing that the jury in this case was out to right what they perceived as a wrong that was dished out more than a decade ago, and that his client didn't get a fair trial.

"This was just payback," said Yale Galanter of the verdict. "They (the jury) were on an agenda."

Perhaps Galanter has a valid point. I don't know. But with a large segment of the population believing Simpson got away with murder (two, in fact) 13 years ago, there's probably not a lot of sympathy for the former NFL icon. There may be those that pity him for what he has done to his own life, but I'm thinking not a lot of folks are feeling too sorry for him at this point and many probably feel justice has been served in a twisted sort of way.

And I imagine there was a little bit of a sense of satisfaction on the parts of the Brown and Goldman families in seeing Simpson handcuffed and hauled away after the verdict was handed down.

Hopefully this time it's for good!

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It looks like maybe the Chicago Bears just might get something out of this year's top draft pick after all. According to Profootballtalk.com, first-round draft pick Chris Williams fully participated in practice on Friday and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. But don’t expect the rookie to get considerable playing time anytime soon.

For one thing, he’s a rookie with no preseason and very little training camp experience playing one of the more important positions on the team at left tackle. Also, he still has his good days and his bad, and the Bears would be wise to exercise caution in their handling of his condition and not try to rush him back too quickly.

Throwing Williams to the wolves probably wouldn’t be the best strategy anyway, and really isn’t a necessity considering the way the Bears’ offensive line has held up. Despite my thinking, based on the preseason, that the unit would be horrendous in 2008, they’ve actually been fairly adequate. Nothing spectacular, but nothing disastrous either. They really do a better job of run blocking than pass blocking, though.

And John St.Clair has been serviceable at the left tackle position despite resembling a turnstile at times earlier in his career (particularly when he was with the St. Louis Rams). In all fairness, the Bears have used their running backs and tight ends to help him out some, but for the most part he hasn’t been as much of a liability as many assumed he would be.

A back injury can be a delicate thing to deal with, so there’s no guarantee when/if Williams will be ready to go, let alone take over for St. Clair. Look for the Bears to try to work Williams in slowly when he’s ready, though, and hope he catches up with the speed of the game quickly. I wouldn’t expect too much out of him this year, considering all the practice time he has missed. The Bears, however, should consider themselves lucky that they might get something out of him this season at all.

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