Burress in distress

It’s a debate that will occupy football fans for years to come: Who’s the bigger idiot, Michael Vick or Plaxico Burress?

For a while it looked as if Vick had retired this trophy. He’s in prison and broke. It’s hard to fall much further from the glamor of the NFL.

But Vick is probably going to get out from behind bars next year. And you know some wacky owner — like Jerry Jones — will be itching to sign him to another juicy contract.

Burress, on the other hand, is facing a mandatory minimum of 3½ years in the slammer for illegally possessing a handgun in New York City.

It will be verrrrry interesting to watch this drama play out. As in, he clearly had a gun without a permit, and the sentence for that violation is clear.

There doesn’t seem to be any way he could avoid getting at least 3½ inside. Then again, sometimes the law treats one defendant more equally than others.

In retrospect, Burress was a disaster waiting to happen. A few weeks ago, it was revealed that the New York Giants had fined him 20 to 30 times for various violations of team rules since he was signed in 2005.

Are you freakin’ kidding me?! 20 to 30 times?!

How can a clown like that stay in uniform? Don’t the coaches know that completely undermines the concept of discipline and teamwork?

Oh, that’s right. He can catch a football ball pretty good.

So unless or until he chops off the head of a toddler — and somebody videotapes it — it’s business as usual on Sunday.