SEA would get Percy Harvin

NYG would get MIN’s 1st rd pick (23rd overall)

MIN would get Victor Cruz and SEA’s 1st rd pick (25th overall), 7th rd pick, plus a 2014 mid-rd pick

Get rid of a problem-child, replace his production at WR, only lose two draft slots, and get a couple of other picks? Seems like a pretty good haul

– The Giants have already offered him big money (same number of years plus about $10M what Steve Smith was offered, from what I have heard in leaks). And like Smith, he turned it down. He wants Calvin money, but the Giants are not budging from their stance, nor should they, as it would prevent them from re-signing Nicks next offseason, as well as maintaining the core that they want to keep together for the next 2-3 years.

– His agent is pushing for his 10% just as much as Cruz was holding out for the most money, if not more so, the agent’s doing. Cruz has to realize that there is more off-the-field money to be made in the tri-state than there is most everywhere else. Since we do not have Los Angeles, let’s just safely say that he can stand to make more money here than anywhere else off the field. He’s already nationally known, and becoming global. That wouldn’t happen as quickly anywhere else in the NFL.

– The teams that have the cap space to offer him that kind of money are bottom rung teams. I cannot see him making a foolish mistake of going to a team that will likely never win anything (Jacksonville, being one of the teams with the cap space), uproot his entire family here in the tri-state, and just become another also-ran who went for the money and didn’t maximize his earning potential on the field and off, and after his career as well. He’s already household here. If he wins another Super Bowl in a Giants uniform, he won’t ever pay for another meal, drink, concert ticket or Knicks game tickets for the rest of his life.

I’d take Cruz over Harvin and Welker ( I think Harvin is a great player but dont like his attitude or durability as much)

It’s a money issue. Cruz is an awesome guy, in terms of talent and character, but the Giants didn’t expect to have 2 WRs that could command top-dollar. Tendering Cruz is a serious risk since the Giants don’t have the money to match a big-time offer. There’s but so much money we can shuffle around.

In the end, I think we will have to choose between Nicks and Cruz. I think we want to keep them but I think there is some logic in sort of hoping a team will wade in with a big offer so we can use the 1st rounder to address other holes we have. It’s not like WR is the only issue we have right now.

There. Fixed it for ya.

Rank Player Team Stats
1 Jimmy Graham NO 13
2t Victor Cruz NYG 10

It’s very easy to say “pay the man” but at what cost? How many players is he worth losing in the immediate and long run becuase of the contract?

Right now, he is worth the 2.8mil tender to the Giants. The Giants have the leverage.

If you and your team loves Cruz so much, tell them to make the offer tomorrow at 4pm.

Be careful what you wish for.

In fact no one predicts him winding up in Foxboro since the Pats only have 4 picks in the upcoming draft.

Like I said Cruz is amazing but players come and go, if it happens, thanks for the memories, the wins, and stay classy Mr Cruz.

Name of the game is QB, WR and DEs. Pay these dudes and fill in the rest with whatever Cullen Jenkins, Orlando Scandrick, Sean Locklear types that fall from the branches.