INDIANAPOLIS — If there was any doubt about Plaxico Burress’ future with the Jets, it vanished last night.
Burress said a lot by saying a little when asked about his season with the Jets after an autograph show here. The wide receiver made it sound as if he wanted to forget his time in green and white.
The most telling short answer came when he was asked what he thought of Mark Sanchez as a quarterback.
“Mark Sanchez is Mark Sanchez,” Burress said.
When he was asked what he thought of the criticism heaped on Sanchez since the Jets’ season ended, Burress did not stick up for the third-year quarterback.
Instead, he said, “I haven’t entertained any of it.”
Don’t count on seeing Burress back in a Jets uniform in 2012. Burress spoke to reporters from The Post and NBC after a show at the NFL Experience. He was expansive and happy when talking about the Giants appearing in the Super Bowl and his memories of Super Bowl XLII in 2008. Whenever the topic turned to the Jets, his answers were succinct and the smile vanished from his face.
When he was asked if he was happy with how his year with the Jets went, he said, “It went as it went.”
Asked if he thought the Jets used him to the best of his capabilities, he said, “They used me the way they wanted to use me.”
When pressed about his opinion of how they used him, he said, “I just answered your question.”
Burress caught 45 passes for 612 yards, both full-season career-lows, and eight touchdowns this season for the Jets after signing a one-year, $3.017 million deal with the team. He never developed chemistry with Sanchez and his production faded as the year went on.
Burress, a free agent, said he does not know where he will end up playing. It is unlikely the Jets will want Burress back. They need to get younger at wide receiver. Even if they did want him back, it does not sound as if Burress wants any part of an encore with Gang Green.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” he said. “It’s a business first. I’ll evaluate my options going into the offseason and I’ll make my decision based on that.”
Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, who is good friends with Burress, said Tuesday that Burress wished he signed with the Giants instead of the Jets. But Burress said he does not regret his decision.
“I don’t second guess myself at all with any decisions I’ve made,” he said. “It’s life and you can’t predict what’s going to happen in life. You make decisions based on certain things and you run with it.”
Since the Jets’ 8-8 season ended on Jan. 1, the fallout has not stopped. The Jets locker room has been described as toxic.
What does Burress think?
“The Jets locker room is the Jets locker room,” he said.
And it doesn’t sound as if he’ll ever step foot in it again.