EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. | An unapologetic Plaxico Burress rejoined the Super Bowl champion New York Giants on Monday, noting he didn&#8217;t lose any sleep after the team suspended him for a game.</p><p>Burress, who caught the winning touchdown in the last Super Bowl, missed a team meeting two weeks ago without bothering to telephone the Giants. He attributed his absence to a family emergency, which he described as having to take his son to school.</p><p>&#8220;It was just a situation I had to deal with that morning, and I made the right decision,&#8221; Burress said during a conference call that lasted about 20 minutes. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have any regrets about the decision I made at all.&#8221;</p><p>Burress said family would still come first next time but he would make sure he made a telephone call to let the Giants know about the problem.</p><p>&#8220;My emotions were that they suspended me,&#8221; said Burress, who sat out Sunday&#8217;s 44-6 win over Seattle. &#8220;That was the decision they chose to do. I&#8217;ll take it at that. I&#8217;m not going to lose any sleep over it. I got me some rest and was able to get away for a while and chill out and relax.</p><p>&#8220;Things like that happen. I&#8217;ll keep moving forward and get back to doing what I do: catching footballs, scoring touchdowns and get back to work.&#8221;</p><p>Along with the suspension, Burress was fined one week&#8217;s pay, or roughly $117,500. The Giants originally docked him $235,000, but Burress and the team reached a settlement last week that cut the fine in half.</p><p>Burress never explained why he did not report to Giants Stadium after dropping his son off at school. He indicated that there was more involved without getting into explanations.</p><p>&#8220;There are some things that you guys don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Burress said. &#8220;So you can&#8217;t say it wasn&#8217;t an emergency on my part because you don&#8217;t know everything that was going on.&#8221;</p><p>He refused to be more specific.</p><p>&#8220;Coach (Tom Coughlin) said I was suspended because I needed to be more responsible,&#8221; Burress said. &#8220;I was being responsible, I just put my child first.&#8221;</p><p>Burress admitted he does not know how many times he has been fined since joining the Giants in 2005, but it is a lot.</p><p>&#8220;Some of the demands they ask me to do, I just don&#8217;t meet,&#8221; Burress said. &#8220;Maybe I have a problem with time or something, I don&#8217;t know. I haven&#8217;t been able to quite put my finger on it. Does it really bother or affect me? No. When it&#8217;s times to step on the field and play, that&#8217;s what I do.&#8221;</p><p>Burress, who was barred from Giants Stadium during his suspension, returned early Monday morning and did some lifting and running.</p><p>He also talked to Coughlin, who said Burress remains a starter.</p><p><hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> <strong><span class="infobox-head">OTHER NEWS </span></strong><br /> &#8226;<strong>WARNER&#8217;S THOUGHTS OF RETIREMENT INCREASING</strong>: Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner says that after this season he will take his closest look yet at retiring from the NFL. A scary injury to Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin, combined with other factors, has led Warner to give more serious consideration to leaving the game. &#8220;I&#8217;m definitely considering retirement more than I ever have before,&#8221; said Warner, 37, &#8220;but that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s more than 50 percent or anything like that. I&#8217;m just going to consider it.&#8221;</p><p>&#8226;<strong>JET APPEALING SUSPENSION</strong>: New York Jets safety Eric Smith appealed his one-game suspension and $50,000 fine by the NFL for his helmet-to-helmet hit last week on Boldin. The league suspended Smith last Monday for committing a flagrant violation of player safety rules Sept. 28. The league suspended Smith last Monday for committing a flagrant violation of player safety rules in a game Sept. 28. </p><p>&#8226;<strong>INJURY UPDATE</strong>: Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro running back Brian Westbrook broke two ribs Sunday, though he stayed in and finished the game. It&#8217;s too early to know if he will miss Sunday&#8217;s game at San Francisco. &#8230; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will miss some practice again this week but is expected to play at Seattle next Sunday. Rodgers played Sunday despite spraining his right shoulder the previous week. &#8230; Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards was described as alert but still experiencing post-concussion symptoms Monday, leaving his status uncertain as the team enters its bye week. </p><p></div>