Plaxico Burress Keeps Promise, Shows Up for Camp but Still Not Happy

The off-field distractions that have followed the Giants for most of the offseason were basically solved when the Saints agreed to take Jeremy Shockey off their hands. Now, with Ahmad Bradshaw a free man, the only lingering issue is Plaxico Burress and his desire for a new deal.

He promised to be at training camp -- and so far, so good on that front -- but he's not particularly jazzed about still playing under the original contract he signed with the team in 2005. While his agent Drew Rosenhaus works to hammer out an extension, Burress remains at camp.

Burress is a camper but not a happy one, and he did not practice in the morning or the afternoon, supposedly because the left ankle that was thought to be healed was acting up.

More likely, Burress in another "business decision" decided to deny the Giants his services until they ante up some more money.

Well, give Plax credit for keeping his word -- he is at camp -- but it sounds like he's in no hurry to practice until he gets that raise. Eh, if this was his first year with the team, or if he was a young player, missing training camp might be a big deal, but Burress has basically been a weekend player for the better part of a year now.

An ankle injury kept him on the shelf for most of the week during the 2007 regular season, and still managed to put up some pretty respectable numbers.

I suspect this will all get worked out in the coming weeks and the Giants, Plax, and the offense will be fine. Now if they could just find a way to beat those pesky Dallas Cowboys. Oh, wait...