Former NFL wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Plaxico Burress has compared his time playing for the New York Jets to serving a prison sentence, calling himself "a f—king loser" during that stretch of his career. The remark highlights how gruelling and demoralising Burress found his tenure with the perennially struggling franchise, a team that has become a byword among NFL fans for prolonged underachievement.

Burress, who won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants, served roughly 20 months in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh with an illegally carried firearm at a Manhattan nightclub during the 2008 season. He later played for the Jets, and in recent comments he likened the feeling of being on that roster to his experience behind bars, underscoring just how bleak he found the team's performance and culture during his time there.