EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year.

The New York Giants fined and suspended Burress yesterday for four games — the rest of the regular season — after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means the wide receiver couldn't come back for the playoffs, either.

The team punished Burress a day after he was charged with illegal weapons possession, which carries a penalty of 3 1/2 to 15 years in prison if he's convicted. Burress is due back in court again on March 31, unless he reaches a plea agreement.

Burress met individually with Giants president John Mara, general manager Jerry Reese and coach Tom Coughlin yesterday morning at Giants Stadium. He left for a medical test and returned in the afternoon for another brief session with team officials.

Even as they suspended him for conduct detrimental to the team, Giants officials expressed concern for Burress, who caught a touchdown pass from Eli Manning that gave the Giants a 17-14 Super Bowl win over New England in February.

"As we have said since Saturday morning, our concern is for Plaxico's health and well-being," Mara said. "This is an important time for him to take care of his body and heal up and also deal with the very serious legal consequences and other issues in his life. When I spoke with Plaxico he expressed great remorse for letting down his teammates."

Police and prosecutors still want to talk to a pair of Burress' teammates, linebacker Antonio Pierce and running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who were at the club when the shooting occurred but insist they did nothing wrong.

Neither Burress nor his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, was immediately available for comment.

Dr. Scott Rodeo, a team physician, examined Burress and told the Giants that the gunshot wound would have sidelined the 31-year-old player for 4 to 6 weeks.

"I had two conversations with Plaxico today, and it was obvious that he understood the magnitude of this situation," Reese said yesterday. "He knows that we are here to support him and help him get healthy."

This is the second time the Giants have suspended the troubled receiver this season. He missed the Oct. 2 game against Seattle for missing a team meeting. He also has been fined dozens of times since 2005 for violating team rules, and he was hit with a $45,000 fine by the league this season for abusing an official and throwing a ball into the stands during a game.

Fines in the NFL typically mean a player loses a paycheck for each game he misses. In Burress' case, that would mean roughly $206,000 per regular season game.

SIX PLAYERS SUSPENDED FOR DOPING VIOLATIONS

Six players, including the heart of the Minnesota Vikings' stout defensive line, were suspended for four games without pay by the NFL yesterday for violating the league's anti-doping policy.

All six were punished for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids.

The suspended players were running back Deuce McAllister and defensive linemen Charles Grant and Will Smith of New Orleans; defensive linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of Minnesota; and long snapper Bryan Pittman of Houston.

The punishment means all six will miss the end of the regular season, an especially harsh blow to Minnesota, which relies heavily on the Williamses in its run defense, which ranks second in the league.

Angelo Wright, the agent for Pat Williams, said he planned to file a motion in federal court in the next 24 hours, presumably to put off his client's suspension.

If a player's team makes the playoffs, the player will be eligible to return to the active roster on Dec. 29.

ELSEWHERE

Browns: Cleveland quarterback Brady Quinn will have surgery today in Birmingham, Ala., on his right index finger, which he initially broke on Nov. 17 at Buffalo and then made worse by playing a week later against Houston.

Cowboys: Adam "Pacman" Jones, who missed the last six games for violating the league's player conduct policy, was put on Dallas' 53-man roster yesterday after the NFL lifted the cornerback's suspension.

Patriots: New England backup cornerback Jason Webster will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury after the 31-year-old, nine-year veteran was placed on injured reserve yesterday.

Texans: Quarterback Matt Schaub should return for Sunday's game at Green Bay after missing the last four games following an injury to the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in a loss to Minnesota Nov. 2.