Plax ’n’ prison

So former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress doesn’t have to worry about getting blindsided by a cornerback this year. Or next.

Plax, of course, will be a guest of the taxpayers for the next two years in a small room with steel bars. That’s what you get for packing a pistol in New York City without a license.

Technically, Plax pleaded guilty to “one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon.” Excuse me, but there wasn’t anything “attempted” about it. Plax really was possessing, as proved when he shot himself in the leg with the gun in question.

Jeez, don’t they have gun safety classes at NFL rookie camps any more? Guess not.

To make matters worse, this wide receiver goes into prison just as quarterback Michael Vick gets out. Talk about bad timing on doing time.

At least if they were in together, you’d have one heck of a prison football team. Or the lead roles for “The Longest Yard III.”

Oh, well, that’s the way the ball bounces. And it’s worth pointing out again that another NFL receiver/screwup, Donte Stallworth, served only 24 days in jail for killing a human being.

Puzzling, that is.