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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) #8212;Plaxico Burress(notes) planned to hop on a plane toFlorida this week with his family and meet up with some old friends.Mickey Mouse. Goofy. Maybe even Donald Duck.After everything the New York Jets wide receiver has been through the pastfew years, Disney World seemed as perfect a place as any for Burress and hisfamily to kick back during the bye-week break. #8220;I # football videos 8217;m pretty sure that they #8217;ll enjoy that, #8221; Burress said, #8220;and just letthem unwind and have a little fun. #8221; For Burress, the football field has always been that special place, and he #8217;srelishing every play, every catch and, especially, every trip into the end zone.For a guy who #8217;s just a few months removed from completing a nearly two-yearprison sentence afte football videos r accidentally shooting himself, this has been quite theMichael Vick(notes)-like storybook comeback.And, Burress insists, he #8217;s only getting started. #8220;It feels good to go out and have an impact, #8221; he said, #8220;and go out andmake a few plays, get into a little groove and establish some consistency andjust let this be a stepping stone. #8221;A big one, at that. His three-touchdown football videos performance Sunday in the Jets #8217;27-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers was a clear indication that Burress isback to being a big-time red-zone scoring threat #8212;just as he was before hiscareer was put on hold by a bullet in his right thigh in November 2008. #8220;That #8217;s the way everybody envisioned the addition of Plaxico to our team,particularly in the red zone, #8221; running ba football videos ck LaDainian Tomlinson(notes) said. #8220;You sawit show up three times, for three big scores we needed. #8221;First came a 3-yard catch in the second quarter that cut the Jets #8217; deficitto 14-10. Next was a 4-yard grab late in the third quarter that again sliced theChargers #8217; lead to four points at 21-17. The last came midway through the fourthquarter, a 3-yard reception that gave New Y football videos ork the go-ahead score.Burress scanned the crowd at MetLife Stadium after each touchdown, found hisfamily and handed them the ball. His young son, Elijah, couldn #8217;t believe it asthe souvenirs piled up. #8220;After I gave him the third, he was like, `Daddy, you got threeee? #8217; And, Iwas like, `Yeah! #8221; #8217; Burress recalled. #8220;He was excited, so excited that hewanted me to get u football videos p and take him to school (Monday) morning, I guess to kind ofshow his Daddy off type of thing. It was a great day for us and it was a longtime coming for my family. #8221;They all wondered if there would ever be days like this again while theyanxiously waited for Burress to come home while he served his 20 months in theOneida Correctional Facility in Rome, N.Y. He cleaned toilets and counted offth football videos e days, dreaming of moments like those on Sunday.Even in his darkest days, Burress never lost faith that he would make itback.To his family. To the NFL. Or, to the end zone.That #8217;s why the former Super Bowl star with the Giants sat in the back seatof his car after his big game, stuck in postgame traffic on Route 17 near thestadium with the radio off and alone in his thoughts. #8220;I was just football videos shaking my head and just envisioning getting back to having funand playing at a high level, #8221; he said. #8220;Just thinking about everything me andmy family have been through. It was gratifying and humbling all at the sametime. It can be a very humbling game. Don #8217;t get too high with the highs anddon #8217;t get too low with the lows. Just keep working hard, staying positive andeverythi football videos ng will work out. #8221;That was what some of the 23 missed phone calls and 40-something texts hereceived reminded him of. With highlights of each of his touchdown grabs shownall over television, the fans and media proclaimed: Burress Is Back. #8220;I was back a long time ago, #8221; he said with a smile. #8220;I just haven #8217;treally been able to let the practice show on Sundays. #8221;Burres football videos s has 18 catches for 243 yards and five touchdowns, but it hasn #8217;t beena completely smooth return. The Jets signed him in late July and then he missedsome time with a sprained ankle. That limited his opportunities to click withMark Sanchez(notes), and they #8217;re still fine-tuning things. It was evident even Sunday,when they missed a few times on plays. #8220;People expect results right awa football videos y, #8221; Sanchez said. #8220;We #8217;re going through itand (Sunday) happened to be a good day, and we have to keep building on it. #8221;Burress said his legs aren #8217;t completely in the shape he #8217;d like them to be.He also acknowledged that he now goes to practice for the first time in hiscareer truly needing to work on getting better. In the past, it all came soeasily.Some Jets player football videos s knew of Burress from charity events, Pro Bowl appearancesand playing against him when he was with the Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers.They also wondered about reports that maybe he wasn #8217;t the hardest-working guy, aplayer who perhaps wasn #8217;t always fully dedicated to the game. #8220;Yeah, you hear stuff, but you #8217;ve got to leave that in the past, #8221;cornerback Darrelle Revis(not football videos es) said. #8220;I think he has grown as a man and a humanbeing. He does what he needs to do. I can #8217;t say all that he went through taughthim a lesson because I don #8217;t know. And, I #8217;m not saying it didn #8217;t. But, weaccepted him the day he got here. Nobody pointed any fingers, like, `Oh, you #8217;rea bad person. #8221; #8217;Burress gradually got to know his new teammates, who r football videos espected what he hadbeen through and appreciated his humility. #8220;He #8217;s a Jet, man. We baptized him, #8221; Revis said with a big laugh. #8220;Nowadays, so many players get traded or end up with other teams. Plax is a Jetnow. His past is his past. He made unbelievable plays in the past, and now he #8217;smaking them again. #8220;I mean, just throw it up to him. #8221;Burress still gets que football videos stions about the day he shot himself, what prison waslike and how difficult the journey has been. That #8217;s OK, he says. With more dayslike Sunday, that stuff will start to fade. #8220;I really don #8217;t focus on what everybody #8217;s saying about my past, #8221; Burresssaid. #8220;I mean, it #8217;ll always be a part of my history. I #8217;ve dealt with it andmoved on, and one day, I hope football videos everybody else will, too. I #8217;m here just trying toget back to being a good football player and playing at a high level, and I knowthe only way that is going to come is through hard work. #8221; Follow Yahoo! Sports' NFL coverage on Twitter. 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