Giants release Burress

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Surprised they didn't do this a long time ago.

I guess they were waiting to see what happened this week. The case being adjourned until June 15th does a few things:

1) no legal decision on his future until almost 2 months after the draft
2) with jail time likely, any sentence will run into the 2009 season

Plus, he's almost definitely getting suspended by Principal Roger.