Over the weekend it seemed that Plaxico Burress was trying to protect himself a little too much. According to various reports, the Giants wide receiver, who was out with an injury, shot himself in the right thigh Friday night while out at night club in New York. He was taken to a hospital and released early Saturday morning. Not much more information about the incident was given except that it was an accident.

Now's there's rumors that Plax tried to cover it up and used an alias at a New York hospital.

Burress turned himself to New York Police on Monday morning to answer to charges of criminal possession of a weapon. According to Burress' lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, Plaxico is planning to plead not guilty to the charges. Burress is facing at least 3 1/2 years in prison if he's convicted on gun charges.

"I do not expect that Mr. Burress will make a statement," Brafman told the Associated Press. "I would ask that his fans, the Giants and the media withhold judgment in this matter until all of the facts have been disclosed."



Despite the incident, the New York Giants won their game against the Washington Redskins and coach Tom Coughlin briefly addressed the Burress situation after the game.

"We all are upset about what happened with Plaxico, and hopefully he's going to be fine and so on and so forth. That's our first concern," Coughlin said. "Once that was taken care of, we knew that he was OK, then the guys got right back to focusing on the reason we were here."

Coughlin and the rest of the Giants' brass wouldn't comment further on the incident until all the facts are out in the open.

Most fans think the Giants can make a Super Bowl return without Burress.

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