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"I haven't made the best decisions," Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress said Wednesday. "I am aware of that."

Burress said he has seen more double coverages this season than ever before.

However, doubling up on Burress has opened things up for other receivers.

Second-year pro Steve Smith leads the Giants with 29 catches for 299 yards, with Toomer third with 22 catches for 277 yards and a touchdown. Domenik Hixon, who started when Burress was suspended, has 13 catches for 220 yards and a touchdown and tight end Kevin Boss is slowly catching on with 10 catches for 118 yards and two touchdowns.

Burress opened last season against Dallas with eight catches for 144 yards and a career-best three touchdowns. He added six more catches and another TD in the second meeting but was limited to one catch for 5 yards in the playoff game against the Cowboys.

Ironically, the Giants won the playoff game and lost the other two.

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said he does not plan to let Burress run free on Sunday.

“You have to double him; you have to double him,” Phillips said. “He is just a good receiver. (Eli) Manning can get him the ball in all kinds of situations. You just have to double him as much as you can. We tried to do that. We will try to do that this game.”

Burress welcomes the attention.

“If the team is going to line up and take me out of the game, then those are things that I have no control over,” Burress said. “I control what I control and when the opportunities are presented to me to go out and make plays, then I do and because of that we are a 6-1 football team.”

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