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Plax deal

Peter King thinks he thinks that the Plax deal makes sense. I agree although of course I wish he ahd come cheaper. The Giants needed a receiver. There weren't many free agent options. We won't be able to get immediate help in the draft. Etc. Anyway, here's what King says:

5. I think Plaxico Burress finally saw the light -- with a $250,000 sweetener from the Giants. When he turned down the Giants' six-year, $25-million deal last week, I thought he needed to have his head examined. All he needed, really, was an agent to tell him, "Dude, you're out of your tree if you turn down this money and take a one-year deal in Miami or Philly. You won't catch more than 45 balls in either place, and you'll be on the market next year in a worse position than you are now -- coming off two mediocre years in a row. Take this money, go to New York, bond with Eli Manning, and catch 70 balls with 12 touchdowns for the next few years. It's all out there for you.'' Which, in essence, is what new agent Drew Rosenhaus said to him. The Giants did nothing to the deal except throw $250,000 more guaranteed dollars into the front of it, to make it seem like Burress won something for his one-week foot stomping. This is a good deal for both sides, because it will give Manning the deep threat he had to have, and it gives Burress the chance to be a premier player in the biggest market in the league. Why he ever even thought about not taking it in the first place is foolish.