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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has been held out of practice so he can get treatment on his injured right foot.

Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Wednesday that Manning was making progress with the inflammation around his heel, which has been diagnosed as plantar fasciitis.

Coughlin said Manning would be evaluated day to day and his status for Sunday's game at home against the Oakland Raiders is uncertain.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

The plea deal in the weapons case will send the former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress to prison for two years.

Eli Manning would be the league’s highest-paid player after a reported $97.5 million deal with the Giants.

New York City prosecutors say a grand jury has indicted former New York Giants Plaxico Burress on weapons charges. The grand jury did not indict his former teammate, Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce. Prosecutors say the indictment charges the 31-year-old Burress with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment.

The 31-year-old wide receiver shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub in November.

Plaxico Burress seemingly wants to leave the New York Giants.

At the start of the St. Louis Rams' coaching search, Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo was not really on the list.

The St. Louis Rams select New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo as their new coach.