Victor Cruz RUMORS & NEWS

New York Post "Victor Cruz has come a long way in his short NFL career. Soon his ascension to the role of one of the best deep threat wide receivers in the league will be rewarded by the Giants. A source told The Post Cruz and the Giants “are on the 2-yard line” in successfully completing their lengthy..." May 18

New York Daily News "Every day, Victor Cruz gets a little closer to the long-term contract with the Giants he has been seeking for months — a contract both sides now seem certain will eventually get done. The only mystery that remains is when that long-awaited agreement will finally be reached between the Giants..." May 15

New York Post "There already may have been more words expended detailing and hyperventilating about the Victor Cruz contract situation than actual dollars Cruz wants to squeeze out of the Giants. Cruz has been mum on the subject, but Giants co-owner John Mara remains outwardly optimistic that a long-term deal..." May 08

NFL.com "When the deadline for Victor Cruz to receive an offer sheet from another team came and passed more than 10 days ago, New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin believed a contract resolution would happen in short order. "It has to be a concern because when the restricted free agency period is over, you..." April 30

Newark Star-Ledger "Be patient. That was Giants co-owner John Mara's message about receiver Victor Cruz's unresolved contract situation. "It will get done at some point," Mara said Monday night, before the Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC Annual Sidewalks of New York Gala. "Just be patient." Cruz, who is..." April 23

North Jersey "John Mara and Victor Cruz spent nearly two hours together in the same Waldorf Astoria ballroom Monday night, although contract negotiations between the Giants' co-owner and their as-of-now unsigned wide receiver presumably were off the table for the evening. Both were in attendance for the Big..." April 23

New York Daily News "The clock is ticking on Victor Cruz’s tenure as a “restricted free agent,” and in just a few hours the odds of him being a Giant in 2013 are likely to go way up. Cruz, and all of the NFL’s RFAs, have until 11:59 p.m. on Friday night to solicit offer sheets from teams around the league. After..." April 21

Newark Star-Ledger "Victor Cruz's window as a restricted free agent has officially closed as of midnight. And, following the precedent of a typically slow restricted free-agent marketplace, no team is known to have signed the Giants receiver to a competing offer sheet -- a development which, had it happened, the..." April 20

Bergen Record "Eli Manning remains optimistic, but the Giants’ two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback does not expect to see Victor Cruz again until he gets his long-term deal. General manager Jerry Reese offered Thursday a slightly more opened-ended take on Cruz and his quest for a new contract with the..." April 19

New York Post "Eli Manning has never been involved in any semblance of a contract squabble with the Giants but he sure sounds as if he knows what Victor Cruz is going through as the receiver remains a no-show at the team’s offseason program. Manning said he is not going to try to “pry’’ Cruz from his home to..." April 19

New York Post "No Victor Cruz. No big deal. There was no reason for Cruz to attend yesterday’s start of the Giants’ offseason workout program, considering these programs are pretty much exclusively for, you know, players actually under contract with the team. Cruz at present is not under contract, so it..." April 16

USA Today "On the first day of NFL offseason workouts — though they're voluntary — it's often about which players aren't there as opposed to which are in the building, working hard and bonding with teammates. For the New York Giants, Monday was about whether Victor Cruz would show. He did not. The..." April 15

Yahoo! Sports "It appears that entertainment mogul Jay-Z's budding influence on the sports world is about to help wide receiver Victor Cruz stay with the New York Giants. Cruz, who has spent more than a year haggling with the franchise over a long-term deal, not only was moved to Creative Artists Agency..." April 12

New York Post "What Victor Cruz hinted at so many times last season was made clear Wednesday when the Giants receiver signed on with rap star Jay-Z’s budding sports agency. Cruz, who had cryptically added Jay-Z’s diamond-shaped “Roc” hand signal to his famous end-zone salsa dances last year, is the second..." April 04

Pro Football Talk "There has been plenty of speculation that Jay-Z’s new sports management firm resulted in Giants receiver Victor Cruz hiring CAA to negotiate his next contract with the Giants, or whoever he may sign with. The speculation is accurate. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Cruz hired CAA..." April 03

New York Daily News "Victor Cruz earned his opportunity with the Giants in the summer of 2011 after Steve Smith suffered a serious knee injury late the previous season, but now Cruz risks losing a huge payday if he doesn’t go to school on what happened with Smith. Cruz, a restricted free agent, has been offered a..." March 31

NFL.com "New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch predicted a week ago that restricted free agent Victor Cruz would wind up with a "higher" annual salary than the roughly $6 million recently given to top slot receivers Wes Welker and Danny Amendola. Tisch wasn't exactly going out on a limb. Cruz has a youth..." March 23

Newark Star-Ledger "Eli Manning has his fingers crossed that his most productive receiver, Victor Cruz, will be back with the team in 2013 (and beyond). The Giants quarterback hopes the fact that they now share the same agent, CAA's Tom Condon, can only help get that done. "I’ve been sending a few texts to..." March 20

New York Post "Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said on Sunday he’s expecting some team to sign Victor Cruz to a lucrative offer sheet in excess of $6 million per year. Tisch doesn’t have to worry about the Rams plucking Cruz off the restricted free agent pile. Though the Rams have two first-round draft picks,..." March 19

New York Post "The Giants don’t think they’re out of the woods just yet when it comes to losing Victor Cruz. In fact, Big Blue co-owner Steve Tisch said yesterday the team is bracing itself for what he considers a “probable” offer from another club for the Pro Bowl restricted free agent wide..." March 18

New York Daily News "Giants co-owner Steve Tisch may have cost himself some money when he predicted restricted free agent wide receiver Victor Cruz will get more than the $6 million per year that Wes Welker is getting from Denver. “I think Victor is going to get a little higher than that,” Tisch said Sunday at the..." March 18

New York Daily News "There has been so much emotion, so much panic lately over the idea that the Giants are playing a game of chicken with their second-most-popular player. Just the thought that they’re letting Victor Cruz dangle in midair over a bunch of sharks ready to pounce is galling to their increasingly..." March 17

Newark Star-Ledger "So far, all’s quiet on the Victor Cruz front. After the Giants tendered the restricted free agent at a first-round level earlier this week, other teams are free to submit offer sheets to lure away the talented young receiver. But so far -- although it is very early -- co-owner and team..." March 15

New York Post "Surely a part of Victor Cruz believes in his heart he belongs in New York, belongs a Giant, belongs in blue wearing No. 80, belongs catching touchdown passes from Eli Manning and doing his salsa in the end zone. Belongs being a symbol of hope and healing inspiration for a little boy and a family..." March 12

NESN "Victor Cruz may be salsa dancing his way out of the New York/New Jersey area this offseason. The Pro Bowl wide receiver was given a restricted free agent tender at the first-round level by the Giants on Monday, making him free to field contract propositions from other teams. The Patriots were..." March 12

New York Post "In the opinion of co-owner John Mara, the Giants have made “a very substantial offer’’ to Victor Cruz, an offer Mara believes should be enough to keep the popular, salsa-dancing, Jersey-born receiver with the Giants for many years to come. “Let’s just say if he took our offer he’d be a very..." March 12

Newark Star-Ledger "This part was expected: The Giants today applied a first-round tender to restricted free agent Victor Cruz, worth $2.879 million, co-owner John Mara said today. Now, the question is what comes next. Teams around the league who are willing to give up a first-round pick can now make their best..." March 11

CBSSports.com "Already on the eve of the league year we've seen two star receivers dealt -- Percy Harvin and Anquan Boldin -- and with the free agent market unimpressive by and large, more trades could be coming. According to a league source, the Bucs are shopping 2010 second-round pick Arrelious Benn, a..." March 11

NFL.com "Head coach Tom Coughlin recently admitted to frustration at the New York Giants' inability to find common ground in contract talks with restricted free agent Victor Cruz. If the Giants are truly more focused on extending Hakeem Nicks' contract, will that expose their flank for another team to..." March 08

New York Daily News "Tom Coughlin wants Victor Cruz to be part of the Giants for a long time and he “absolutely” believes that he will be. That’s why Coughlin isn’t worried about the on-again, off-again contract talks between the Giants and their star receiver. Cruz is scheduled to become a restricted free agent..." March 06

New York Daily News "Victor Cruz sounds like a man pondering his options — even though at the moment he doesn’t have many at all. Cruz, the Big Blue receiver who is scheduled to become a restricted free agent on March 12, was quoted again on Saturday about his desire to sign a long-term deal with the Giants, and..." February 26

Big Blue View "Victor Cruz -- for probably the first time -- raised the possibility over the weekend that his future could with a team other than the the New York Giants. Cruz, of course, is the popular and productive wide receiver who has risen to elite status after coming to the Giants as an undrafted free..." February 25

New York Post "The Giants have a lot of questions that need answering this offseason and team co-owner John Mara gave some insight into some of those answers. While in Indianapolis for the NFL scouting combine, Mara addressed issues surrounding several key components for the Giants, including Hakeem Nicks and..." February 22