Burress day-to-day

Michael Vega brings us the latest from Phoenix on Plaxico Burress:

After boldly predicting his team would defeat the Patriots, 23-17, in Super Bowl XLII, it seems Giants receiver Plaxico Burress might be a question mark for the game after Giants coach Tom Coughlin reported in his final press briefing today, ``it's a day-to-day thing with Plaxico, right now.''

Burress has not practiced at all this week and looked to be a game-time decision.

``He does have the ankle; he's had the ankle all year long,'' Coughlin said. ``The knee that he's had in the past has had some swelling, but it has been reduced somewhat.''

And if Burress is unable to go? ``What he's been able to do this year with regard to little practice, over the last month he's practiced pertty much every day with a select number of snaps. Prior to that there was a long window there when he was not able to practice hard, watched tape, and was able to perform in the games sometimes in a very remarkable fashion for a guy who didn't practice.

``It did help [quarterback] Eli [Manning] when he was able to practice because they were able to communicate on game plans and adjustments, etc. just in the communication between quarterback and receiver, and we'll see exactly where he is today.

Andy Rooney, of CBS's ``60 Minutes'' and a Giants season-ticket holder, rose up to ask Coughlin if there was anything that irritated him from the coverage he gets from the press. Replied Coughlin, ``That's a very good question. What I've tried to do is be a little bit more patient this year than I've been in the past. Redundancy does bother me, I'll admit that, and wasting time is a big problem for me.''