Taye Biddle shot, but not killed

Taye Biddle, Giants WR Who Replaced Plaxico Burress on Roster, Gets Shot
Posted Jan 22nd 2009 9:20 PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)

Filed Under: Giants, NFC East, NFL Fans, NFL Injuries
Up till a few hours ago, only family, friends and hardcore Giants fans knew Taye Biddle. Now, after getting shot on Sunday outside his Decatur, Alabama home, pretty much everybody knows his story.

Signed by the Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2006, Biddle lasted just one season in Carolina. He was out of the NFL in '07, and made a brief pit stop in Detroit before landing on the Giants' practice squad last September.

Even though he took two bullets -- one to his hand, another in his leg -- the story wouldn't merit national attention if not for one minor detail: you see, Biddle is the guy the Giants signed to the 53-man roster to replace Plaxico Burress after he blew a hole in his leg back in November.

To Biddle's credit, at least he didn't shoot himself. Even better news: he's been released from the hospital and is doing well. And unlike Burress, who can't seem to walk out his front door without breaking the law, Biddle was minding his business.
A statement released by the Decatur Police Department said "there is no evidence to indicate that Biddle did anything to contribute, cause or provoke the shooting." One report said he was simply heading towards his car "to get something out of it when he was hit by gunfire". ...

A Giants spokesman said the reports are consistent with what Biddle has told them about the incident. "We have been in constant contact with Taye over the last two days and we are thankful he was able to walk away from this incident with relatively minor injuries," the spokesman said.
As the New York Daily News' Ralph Vacchiano points out, this is the third incident involving a Giants wide receiver and a gun in the last two months. On Nov. 25, Steve Smith was robbed at gunpoint in front of his home, and three days later, Plaxico shot himself in the leg after claiming, ironically, that he was packing heat to protect himself. Brilliant.

 

Glad he's going to be ok, but where does he live to get randomly shot just for walking to his car?

 

Tell me one of the first thoughts that ran through your mind wasn't "Where was Plaxico?"

 

Glad he's going to be okay.

 

At least he caught something....

 

now if he would have just ran a comeback route towards the house, it might have missed him

 

Glad he wasn't killed. Get well soon.

 

Happens to the best of them.

 

You can't kill Taye Biddle, only Taye Biddle can kill Taye Biddle.