A week ago, if you had asked me to pick the most likely NFC East player to shoot himself, I would have gone with Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones or Redskins tight end Chris Cooley. Jones has had a number of problems over the years, making him the safe choice. As for Cooley, beware the man who puts pictures of his junk on the Internet. He's capable of anything.
I obviously underestimated Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress. Over the weekend, he visited a Manhattan nightclub. Naturally, he brought his gun along - because no party is complete without a Glock semiautomatic. That and Chex Mix. Unfortunately for Burress, he ended up shooting himself in the thigh. Oops.
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Giants receiver Plaxico Burress is escorted from a New York police station. He shot himself in the leg with an allegedly unlicensed gun at a nightclub - a mistake we've all probably made.
