Aug 6th 2008 12:02PM by Tom Mantzouranis (author feed)
Filed under: Giants, NFC EastI don’t know if he actually believed himself on the many occasions he predicted optimism for a quick resolve of his apparently-not-good-enough contract, or if he was trying to appease the media in order to get them to shut up, but Plaxico Burress has been wrong.

Despite what he’s said, there is nothing imminent between he and the Giants. Drew Rosenhaus, who made a stop-by to Giants camp with his brother Jason to talk about the new deal, even said so much, telling the Star-Ledger, you guessed it, “Nothing imminent.” He then added, “Next question.” OK, he didn’t.

Burress has finally started to jog after missing all of training camp thus far with an ankle injury, but it might make the team feel a little bit more comfortable investing so much more new money in him to see him hold up on the practice field.

Because sure enough, even though Burress, by the team’s own admission, has outperformed his current deal, they won’t give him what he wants without seeing that the injuries that have plagued him seemingly forever won’t eventually render this deal a big mistake. Especially when every other Giant is watching what the team does, ready to stick their hand out at the next opportunity.