“He Shouldn’t Have Had To Sell It”: NFL Fans Are Heartbroken After Giants Legend Plaxico Burress Had To Sell His Super Bowl Ring For Record Setting Price At Auction

Plaxico Burress reacts at game.
Plaxico Burress (Photo by: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

NFL fans are sharing messages of sorrow after learning that New York Giants legend Plaxico Burress had to sell his Super Bowl 42 championship ring.

Darren Rovell of cllct.com reported that Plaxico Burress’s championship ring sold for $280,600 at Heritage Auctions. This marks the most expensive player Super Bowl ring ever sold, breaking the record previously held by Lawrence Taylor’s Super Bowl 25 ring.

Burress’s championship ring is extra valuable because he caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Eli Manning in arguably the best Super Bowl game ever, when the Giants upset Tom Brady’s dynastic New England Patriots 17-14. The Giants’ victory spoiled the Pats’ bid to become the first 19-0 team in NFL history.

Fans, however, were heartbroken to learn that Burress had to sell the most precious possession of his playing career. In many cases, retired athletes have to sell special memorabilia like their championship rings because of financial issues, and this was sadly the case for Burress as well.

“29 mill career earnings…sad he’s gotta sell his ring,” one fan said.

 

“Sad really… I can’t imagine heart ache having to let your Super Bowl Ring go to auction,” quipped another.

“30m career earnings. He shouldn’t have had to sell it,” wrote a fan.

“Unfortunately for financial reasons, he needs the money. So sad,” another user said.

“Very sad,” remarked one fan.

“Heartbreaking that it was sold at all,” said a user.

After leading the Giants to the Super Bowl, Burress signed a $35 million contract extension. However, Burress accidentally shot himself outside of a New York City nightclub two months later and was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon.

Burress was cut by the Giants after the 2008 season and was given a two-year prison sentence. He played for the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers in 2011 and 2012, respectively, before retiring.

Plaxico Burress Is A Super Bowl Hero In Giants Lore

Plaxico Burress (Photo by Tom Berg via Getty Images)

Burress will always hold a special place in the hearts of the Giants organization and fans. If not for his slick route on Ellis Hobbs in Super Bowl 42, the Giants might not have complete the improbable upset of the Patriots.

Everyone Is Falling In Love With Grand Theft Auto VI’s New Female Character Who Looks Stunningly Real

Lucia from Grand Theft Auto 6GTA Lucia (Photo via Twitter)
Social media might be down incredibly bad as Lucia from Grand Theft Auto is going insanely viral.

GTA 6’s trailer 2 officially broke a record after the upcoming second look at the game, which has continued to take forever to come out.

GTA 6 broke the record for the longest wait between a first and second trailer for a Rockstar Games title ever.

Rockstar has built a rich world of criminals, lunatics, and thieves spanning from Liberty City to San Andreas and beyond. With GTA 6 on the horizon, fans have become ecstatic after seeing a picture of Lucia.

For those unaware, she is a female criminal in the game. Grand Theft Auto states that she did her time at a prison complex in the State of Leonida in the mid-2020s for an unknown crime.

As anticipation builds for the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, a picture shows Lucia stripped down to a two-piece bikini.

Here is how fans reacted to Lucia’s apparent new look in Grand Theft Auto:

“Everything is woke if you’ve never seen a woman’s body irl,” one fan said.

“They better have some awesome clothing to choose from. Gotta look cute while doing missions,” a second fan added.

A third fan knew they were no match for her: “If I was in a beauty contest against her, she’d get first place, and I’d get disqualified.”

“She’s beautiful, my sapphic heart can’t take it 🤧,” another X user added.


“not leaving my house anytime soon,” a fan stated about the impending release of the game.

“No arsenal, but ima be a gooner for sure, a sixth fan added.


One final fan added: “Anybody upset about a video game character needs to seriously reevaluate their life.”

Fans Have Waited A Long Time For Grand Theft Auto To Release New Game

After more than a decade of waiting, Grand Theft Auto VI is supposedly finally set to come out in 2025.

Despite their hopes for a release this year fading, the community remains engaged in hopes that a second trailer will be released in early 2025 and a release date of the actual game will come out.

With each passing day, the desire for more news grows stronger.

Hopefully, 2025 will give the fans what they so desperately want.