INDIANAPOLIS — Four years ago Plaxico Burress made the game-winning catch in the Giants’ Super Bowl defeat of the Patriots. This time when the teams meet, he will be watching from the stands.
Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, who is close with Burress, said his former teammate will be at Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, according to ESPN.com. Jacobs also said he does not expect Burress to return to the Jets after a disappointing 2011 with the team.
“I don’t see him back with the Jets next year at all,” Jacobs said, according to the website. “I don’t know what he’s thinking, but I don’t see that. They’ve got a lot of things going on over there, and I don’t know if he wants to be part of that.”
Burress signed a one-year, $3.017 million contract with the Jets last summer after talking to the Giants and Steelers about signing with his former teams.
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Jacobs was asked if Burress had his heart set on returning to the Giants.
“Oh, no question, I know he did. I know he wanted to come to the Giants,” Jacobs said. “We just didn’t think it was going to be able to be done financially. But he may be [back] next year, who knows?”
Burress had a disappointing season with the Jets. He finished with 45 catches for 612 yards and eight touchdowns. He had an impact in the red zone for the team, but did little between the 20s and faded down the stretch.
* Jacobs said this could be his last game with the Giants.
“It definitely motivates me to go out with a bang,” Jacobs said at Media Day. “If it is, I’ll leave with a Super Bowl ring.’’
Jacobs restructured his contract before this season, so the Giants could re-sign fellow running back Ahmad Bradshaw. Jacobs is owed a $500,000 roster bonus in March and $4 million in salary for 2012, which could cause the Giants to let him go.
“I’ve never really thought about that [his future], and it doesn’t really bother me,” Jacobs said. “I’m sure something is going to get worked out and things will be fine.”