Ok, so here’s what we know now about Plaxico Burress:

-Burress did in fact shoot himself (I can’t believe I’m saying that)
-The bullet did actually enter his leg, contrary to me before saying it was thought to be a graze wound.  It entered his leg and hit muscle tissue.  It did not hit any major arteries or bones.
-Burress went to the hospital, was treated, and released at 2 PM on Saturday
-Burress told his teammates what happened.
-Coughlin is on record with saying the following: “We have people on the scene trying to gather information, get all the facts, determine exactly what happened. Right now we’re concerned about Plaxico and finding out all the details.”
-Nobody outside of the team, people there, and Burress himself knows how the hell he managed this whole mess of a situation

In other news, defensive back Sammy Knight was placed on IR today.  He has been struggling with a hip problem all season.  This move could be somewhat based on Fred Robbins’ health, as a defensive lineman was signed from the practice squad to take Knight’s place.

The NYPD is investigating the situation with Plaxico Burress.  He apparently was the victim of an accidental shooting.  It has NOT been determined that a) he shot himself or b) it was his gun that went off.  If it is determined that the gun involved was his, he is going to have to show a permit, or criminal charges could be filed.

Here’s a medical update:

-Burress was released from the hospital at 2 PM today (Saturday)
-Yahoo.com is reporting he suffered only a graze wound

My thoughts:
If he was released from the hospital at 2PM, his wound couldn’t have been that bad.  I doubt he’ll miss significant time due to injury, obviously depending on how bad it does turn out to be.  Maybe a few weeks.  My guess, with the info we have right now, is he will be medically cleared for the playoffs.  Whether he’ll be legally cleared is another matter…

Domenick Hixon will start tomorrow.

From the Associated Press:

Burress injured a hamstring two weeks ago against the Baltimore Ravens. The Giants said Friday he would not play Sunday against the Redskins in Washington.

Earlier this season, the 31-year-old receiver was suspended for a game and fined $117,500 for missing a team meeting and failing to notify the team of his absence. He said he had a family emergency.

He also was fined $45,000 by the NFL for his conduct during a game against 49ers in October when he abused an official and tossed a ball into the stands.

Burress caught the winning pass in the Giants’ Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots. He signed a five-year, $35-million contract hours before the season opened in September.

New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress has been accidentally shot in the leg at a nightclub, it was reported Saturday.

ESPN.com and Fox Sports.com said the wound was not life-threatening. It was not clear at what club the shooting took place. The Fox Web site said Burress spent the night in the hospital.

“I don’t have anything for you at this stage,” Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon told The Associated Press from Giants Stadium.

Phone calls to Burress’ home and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, were not immediately returned.

Biggest story: Plaxico Burress is OUT for the Redskins game.

Other Giants injury updates: Brandon Jacobs missed practice Wednesday, and practiced in full on Thursday.  He’s listed as questionable.  Ahmad Bradshaw and Fred Robbins are also questionable.  Robbins has not practiced either Wednesday or Thursday.

Domenick Hixon and Justin Tuck are probable.

REDSKINS INJURIES:

Clinton Portis, Cornelius Griffin and London Fletcher are all questionable.  None of them have practiced yet except Griffin, who was limited on Thursday.  Linebacker Marcus Washington is out.

The NFL is investigating why Brandon Jacobs was inactive after being listed as “probable” on the injury report against the Cardinals.  Arizona filed an informal protest about the incident.  Not only did it irk the Cardinals, but it proably screwed with fantasy teams across the country who had B-Jacobs tabbed to start.

Coughlin said he was upset by the Cardinals’ protest.  And honestly, even before I saw this whole incident, I thought it was just a case where they thought he was going to play, and he woke up in a lot more pain, which surprised everyone.  I doubt there was any malice intended by the Giants here, just a surprising incident that popped up out of nowhere.

In other Giants injury news, Kevin Boss suffered a mild concussion and bruises to both knees.  No surprise here to anyone who watched the game, as Boss appeared to be very woozy after taking a few bigtime hits, and he was holding his legs at multiple points during the game.

Scouts Inc’s Jeremy Green wrote a list of the top 5 potential new head coaches up and coming.  Spags is one of them.  Surprise? Not at all, it’s been talked about forever.  The interesting part of this is how he brings up the possibility of Spags heading to Philadelphia if they fire/receive a retirement from Andy Reid (which they by all means should, in my opinion he’s one of the worst NFL coaches right now).  Imagine Spags being Jim Johnson’s boss! That’s the ultimate mentor-teacher flip right there.

10-1 feels so good…this may be the best regular season Giants team I have been alive and old enough to witness.  Here’s a breakdown of the game:

The good:

• The passing game once again steps up without Plax.  5 Giants have 4 catches or more, lead by that man Domenick Hixon, who had 6 catches for 56 yards.  3 Giants players had receiving TD’s, including the fullback, the tight end, and Amani Toomer.  Eli was 26/33 for 240 yards and 3 TD’s (no interceptions).  Great job all around.
• The toughness.  Dave Tollefson twice cramped up bad, toughed it out, and came back in.  Kevin Boss took a beating and still had a great game.  The defensive backs laid some licks on the Arizona offense.  The defensive line gave Warner a headache. Derrick Ward ran hard.
• The defensive backs for keeping Arizona from utilizing their one big advantage: YAC yards.  For those who don’t know what those are, that stands for Yards After the Catch.  It’s a John Madden-created term, and Larry Fitzgerald and Anquon Boldin are the masters of it.  The Giants kept those receivers from going anywhere after they caught the ball.  Holding this passing offense to one TD is huge.  Warner racked up 351 yards, but he couldn’t get to where it counts: the endzone.  Kenny Phillips had the best game of his young career.  He’s looking like a better and better pick every game.
• The running defense.  The Cardinals got 23 net rushing yards.  Enough said.
• The special teams.  Domenick Hixon netted over 200 yards of return yards.  WOW.  He gave this team a HUGE advantage, and gave the offense wonderful field position.  He would have had a return TD if he hadn’t been shoestring tripped up on a kickoff return.

The bad:

• The running game.  Yes, they didn’t have Jacobs.  Yes, Derrick Ward got 69 yards and a TD.  That’s why this isn’t in the “ugly” section.  However, this is a run-first team.  Against the #11 ranked defense they can get away with it because the passing game is so good.  But against a better defense, they need to net more than 87 yards as a team.  However, I won’t take anything away from Derrick Ward because he got some key first downs, and he played very physical.

The ugly:

• The penalties.  9 penalties for 76 yards is horrible for a Tom Coughlin, number 1 team in the league.  The Giants gave the Cardinals 4 first downs on penalties.  That can REALLY come back to haunt you.

What’s the bottom line folks? That’s right.  10-1.  Number 1 team in the league after Tennessee loses to the New York Bretts.  BOY does it feel good.
2 telling stats: The Giants are the 2nd team in NFL history to beat 5 straight teams with winning records, and the Giants have scored 30 or more points in 4 straight games.  I love this team.

According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, Jacobs is out for the game today.  But according to everyone else, including Rotowire.com and NFL Network, he’s playing.  He’s listed as probable on the injury report.  We’ll see what happens.

In other news: Donovon McNabb was benched!! CONTROVERSY!!

UPDATE: DANNY WARE IS ACTIVE, AND IT’S CONFIRMED JACOBS IS OUT.  Apparently he woke up sore.  So much for his vow to play…no worries, they still average over 100 yds rushing without him.

Well folks, we recorded the Arizona preview show, and had it all ready to go…but it didn’t save properly onto our USB drive, and I didn’t notice until it was too late.  So unfortunately we only have the first 3 minutes of the show, which isn’t worth playing on the site.  Here’s a recap of what we talked about from the best of my memory:

• Kurt Warner is having a great season. Could be the MVP of the league up to this point - and all this after he wasn’t even the starter going into training camp.
• Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are amazing
  • They are 1-2 in NFL history in quickest players to 400 catches (Boldin 67 games, Fitzgerald 71 games)
• Key stats:
  • Arizona owns the league’s #2 passing offense (#1 is New Orleans)
  • Kurt Warner has the 3rd most passing yards through 10 games in NFL history (Drew Brees holds the record, this year)
  • Arizona’s defense is #11 in the league
• Kevin’s keys to the game:
  1. stop Kurt Warner
  2. stop Anquan Boldin
  3. stop Larry Fitzgerald
• Kyle’s key matchups:
  1. Arizona’s defense vs. Giants running game
  2. Giants secondary vs. Kurt Warner
  3. Giants secondary vs. Arizona receivers
• X-Factors:
  • Kyle: Derrick Ward
  • Kevin: Steve Breaston (Arizona’s #3 WR)
• Predictions
  • Kyle: 35-28 Cardinals.  Reasoning: “I can see this game being one of those where the Giants offense has some problems and can’t keep up with the Cardinals offense, especially in Arizona.”
  • Kevin: 35-25 Giants. Reasoning: “I see the Giants continuing their success and rolling through this game as well”

My take: This game is not that big of a game, but it could be important in seeding later in the season.  If the Giants drop this game, it’s not the end of the world, but every win puts them closer to clinching the division, and getting home field advantage.

Injuries of concern at the monent:

Brandon Jacobs (knee): is limited in practice, and has told the media he vows to play Sunday at Arizona
Plaxico Burress (hamstring): Did not practice today, is questionable for Sunday.  Hixon will start if Burress is unable to go.  Plax is a game-time decision
Other people that practiced limited who had previously been held out: Aaron Ross (hamstring), Chase Blackburn (neck), Jonathan Goff (concussion), and Kevin Dockery (back)
Two guys who didn’t practice Friday who had been fine before: Sammy Knight (hip) and Jerome McDougal (knee)

The Giants can afford to rest guys this week since they have such a lead.  But BE CAREFUL doing that.  Don’t ever want to get too complacent.