Plaxico Burress has no business comparing prison to the Jets

If you've been on social media the last few days, you've likely seen comments from former NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress about his one season with the New York Jets.

That's right, in 2011, the Jets gave the former New York Giants Super Bowl champion a chance after serving 20 months of jail time for criminal possession of a weapon. It was only for a single season, but Burress once donned the Green & White.

After losing Braylon Edwards in free agency the offseason prior, the Jets took a chance on the then-34-year-old, and it worked out fairly well. After a three-year absence from the league, Burress managed to haul in 45 receptions, 612 yards, and eight touchdowns.

Regardless, the Jets still went 8-8 in 2011 and missed the postseason for the first time in the Rex Ryan era. But that doesn't necessarily mean playing for the Jets was like prison back then, right?

Plaxico Burress can't be serious with his Jets-prison comparison

Appearing on Lil Wayne's podcast The Joint Venture, Burress explained what it was like playing for the Jets in 2011 and made comparisons to his time in jail.

"They're both kind of similar because when I walked into prison on my first day, I was like, 'd--- man you a (expletive) loser.' And I had the same d--- feeling every day I walked through the door with the Jets."

Burress may just be trying to be funny here and playing up his time with the other New York team to get a laugh out of listeners. But his comparison rings fairly hollow when you think more about the context surrounding his time with the team.

Entering the 2011 season, the Jets were fresh off back-to-back AFC Championship game appearances, one of the most successful two-year runs in franchise history.

Sure, they hadn't won a Super Bowl as recently as the Giants had, winning one in 2007 (and later that 2011 season), but things weren't as bleak as being locked in a jail cell.

People forget that the first decade or so of the Woody Johnson era was a fairly successful time for the Jets. They won the AFC East in 2002 and made the playoffs six times from 2000 to 2010.

It's after 2011 when things took a turn for the worse... and have been absolutely brutal ever since.

Regardless, Burress shouldn't be comparing his time with Gang Green to incarceration. If anything, he was riding the final wave of the best era in modern Jets history.

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