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The dreaded "Cruz hammy" ...
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Giants Roster Breakdown: James Brewer
on Jun 19 2013, 8:52p
Agreed. If Brewer is up to taking over at RT ...
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Giants Roster Breakdown: James Brewer
on Jun 19 2013, 3:38p
Wow ... we come to expect hearing about ex-players dying younger than most ...
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Dave Jennings, former Giants' punter and broadcaster, dies at 61
on Jun 19 2013, 3:32p
Interceptions: In today's NFL the INT is not always on the QB.
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Kevin Gilbride: Eli Manning 'still can grow'
on Jun 19 2013, 12:20p -
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for Yes
Voted on Jun 19 2013, 12:15p
Yeah, JR looks to be re-tooling the OL to be not only good, but cheap.
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Kevin Boothe
on Jun 19 2013, 11:52a
"If the glove don't fit ... you must acquit!!"
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New York Giants' news, 6/19: Weatherford jabs Westhoff -- again
on Jun 19 2013, 11:09a
I too am personally shocked that a politician could be a 'front runner' ....
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New York Giants' news, 6/19: Weatherford jabs Westhoff -- again
on Jun 19 2013, 11:07a
So you're saying he has that 'nasty streak' everyone seems to like in an OL?
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Will Beatty
on Jun 19 2013, 11:03a
And the only thing you have to worry about injury-wise with him would be a 'pulled glute'.
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Kevin Boothe
on Jun 19 2013, 10:59a
Diehl at LG scares me the most.
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Kevin Boothe
on Jun 19 2013, 10:58a
The puzzler to me is why JR gave him a $65K signing bonus?!?
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Ramses Barden
on Jun 19 2013, 10:12a
I'd rather see Boothe around another couple of years ...
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Kevin Boothe
on Jun 19 2013, 10:09a -
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That is absolutely one of the values of the Pugh pick.
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Giants Roster Breakdown: David Baas
on Jun 18 2013, 6:35p
Once he signed the tender, he essentially forfeited the 'hold out' option.
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New York Giants' news, 6/18: Agent -- Cruz has 'no choice' but to sign
on Jun 18 2013, 3:35p -
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Hopefully, just clarifying #4 ... LOL.
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New York Giants' news, 6/18: Agent -- Cruz has 'no choice' but to sign
on Jun 18 2013, 3:29p
3 common mistakes that most GM's are at least a little guilty of at times are ...
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Giants Roster Breakdown: David Baas
on Jun 18 2013, 3:23p
"And then there were the strawberries ..."
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Marvin Austin
on Jun 17 2013, 7:42p
Just reminded me why "Speed 2" was such a sucky movie ...
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Prince Amukamara
on Jun 17 2013, 5:41p
You
Recommended on Jun 17 2013, 5:39p
And Nicks (if healthy) would certainly be worthy of being tagged in 2014 ...
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Marvin Austin
on Jun 17 2013, 5:31p -
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He certainly doesn't seem to get off of many blocks.
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Giants Roster Breakdown: Marvin Austin
on Jun 17 2013, 4:37p -
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It's counter-counter intuitive!
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Rueben Randle gets praise from Kevin Gilbride
on Jun 17 2013, 3:39p
Kaep though was really, really, really well defended
Recommended on Jun 17 2013, 9:17a
Remember, if they can sign one they can tag the other.
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Valentine's Views: Let's talk wide receivers
on Jun 16 2013, 6:53p -
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The "Crumpler".
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Valentine's Views: Let's talk wide receivers
on Jun 16 2013, 6:36p
I was more looking to put together a formula by which you or me or anyone can make those evaluations ...
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Valentine's Views: Let's talk wide receivers
on Jun 16 2013, 3:28p
In a way, Cruz and Nicks are in very similar situations right now.
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Valentine's Views: Let's talk wide receivers
on Jun 16 2013, 12:59p -
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Yeah, maybe I'm missing something because I just want him to sign a long-term deal ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 16 2013, 8:37a
He can jump in front of a moving train, too.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 15 2013, 9:19p
Also, JayZ's Roc Nation Sports is based in NYC.
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 9:09p
True that.
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 4:15p
Yeah, I love it when pro ball players ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 15 2013, 4:00p
"I’m not playing until I’m under contract."
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 15 2013, 3:56p -
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That certainly would apply to RG3.
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Perry Fewell on the read-option: 'Understand it; then you can defend it'
on Jun 15 2013, 12:46p
No worries.
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Perry Fewell on the read-option: 'Understand it; then you can defend it'
on Jun 15 2013, 12:44p -
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I'd agree. Not a huge % chance of a catastrophic injury.
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 12:27p
Also, when JayZ likes to head south, he goes all the way to Havana ... skipping FL.
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 12:21p
But isn't his popularity somewhat in direct proportion to the media coverage he gets?
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 11:33a -
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The $7-8M per year and the ~$20M in guaranteed money are two separate issues.
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 11:23a -
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He's also taking a gamble on Nicks staying healthy.
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 9:52a -
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I can't imagine Cruz gains anything by holding out at this point ...
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New York Giants' news, 6/15: Victor Cruz, and other stuff
on Jun 15 2013, 7:22a -
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Made up for it with the patented 'Cruz Hammy' IR move his rookie year.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 8:07p
Floppy drive?
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 6:46p
Worst case ... tag, someone's 'it'.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 6:45p
I think one of JR's all time best moves ...
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Victor Cruz Contract Primer: Joel Corry breaks it down
on Jun 14 2013, 6:36p
I think his point is if you get 900K more in JAX, you could easily 'make up' that 900K in much better endorsements in NYC than you'd expect in that crappy market.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 6:23p
I personally would never diminish the value of an extra $1 million per year. It's a lot of money, regardless of how much in total we are talking about
Recommended on Jun 14 2013, 6:17p
To be fair, I believe "A FEW EXTRA MIL" is significantly more than "a few extra mil".
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Victor Cruz Contract Primer: Joel Corry breaks it down
on Jun 14 2013, 3:42p -
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Well, Tuck's rolling off ($6.15M against the cap this year) if we don't re-sign him ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 3:31p -
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for Justin Pugh
Voted on Jun 14 2013, 2:58p
If Eli can DW the ball in space on a regular basis ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:53p
Fortunately for us, 2 out of those 3 would be endorsement wastelands for old Victor.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:52p
And yet, you never see them 'take the 5th' ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:44p -
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Yeah, but after what he paid Wallace ... that would be mega-bucks tied up at WR.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:44p -
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That reminds me. Another reason I didn't like the suggestion in Corry's article that we give Cruz a contract that pays him based on his stats relative to the rest of the team ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:42p -
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I wonder which is more important from the agent standpoint ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:39p -
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And maybe Cruz should research when McNabb blew out his ACL relative to when he did his first Chunky Soup commercial ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:35p
I think you're referring to the avg. tax rates they paid ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:29p
FML ... I live in Maine. So close.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:27p
I remain skeptical ... maybe back in the 1990's, but ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:25p -
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Also, the NFL's new TV deal doesn't hit the cap until 2015 ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:19p
I guess it depends on if the $8M per year avg. includes 2013.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:12p -
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Having been an investment advisor, please forward to me the name of any you find who can really do 25%.
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:09p -
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:06p
Yeah, the bottom line here ...
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Reports: Victor Cruz signs tender worth $2.879 million
on Jun 14 2013, 2:00p -
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OverTheCap.com shows roughly $3M in cap space including the $2.9M tender to Cruz.
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Victor Cruz Contract Primer: Joel Corry breaks it down
on Jun 14 2013, 1:34p
That would be great for the Giants, depending on the guaranteed amount ...
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Victor Cruz Contract Primer: Joel Corry breaks it down
on Jun 14 2013, 8:15a
I've posted at least twice on Cruz-related BBV threads ...
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Victor Cruz Contract Primer: Joel Corry breaks it down
on Jun 13 2013, 6:16p -
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Sure ... it's always funny ... until a camp body IR's a starter ...
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New York Giants' Mini-Camp: Day 2 Practice Report
on Jun 12 2013, 7:28p -
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Gotta wish him the best ...
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Terrell Thomas confident he can return from ACL injuries
on Jun 12 2013, 7:25p
mill or two
Recommended on Jun 12 2013, 1:00p
Photoshop. The water would mostly be 'out of the pool'.
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New York Giants' James Brewer knows he has an opportunity
on Jun 12 2013, 12:59p
Although LG tends to do more pulling, where Pugh might excel.
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New York Giants' James Brewer knows he has an opportunity
on Jun 12 2013, 9:29a
How much cap space did we free up?
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New York Giants Mini-Camp: Day 1 practice report
on Jun 12 2013, 9:23a -
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he got cut, he's a bust.
Recommended on Jun 12 2013, 9:22a
"It's not about the nail ..."
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Hakeem Nicks: 'I'm here right now'
on Jun 11 2013, 6:39p -
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Mission accomplished (sorry, W.)
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Hakeem Nicks: 'I'm here right now'
on Jun 11 2013, 5:59p
2 rings.
Commented on
Former New York Giants RB Ahmad Bradshaw signs with Indianapolis Colts
on Jun 11 2013, 5:57p
Actually, before the 'Fosbury Flop' this might have been Olympic qualifying in a lot of countries!
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Hakeem Nicks: 'I'm here right now'
on Jun 11 2013, 4:49p
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