Thank You Victor Cruz

In comment 13359246 MOOPS said:

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Thanks Victor. Thanks Mario. Thanks Hakeem.

I believe this picture is after Manningham's 4th Q TD in the 2011 NFCC. One of the great plays in Giant history.

One of my favorite Cruz plays was actually not a touchdown, just a super clutch catch in 2011 week 17 when we needed do beat the Cowboys to make the playoffs. After going up 21-0 early, the Cowboys had cut it to 21-14, and the Giants faced a 3rd and long in their own end when Cruz bailed them out yet again.

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If you refuse to take a pay cut and work with the Giants then this was the right move I unfortunately feel he needed a year under his belt to get his game legs back and they should've given him at least a chance in camp I think too much was expected of him too soon from the injuries he had just my opinion

Put the team on the road to title #4 while also destroying the Rex-era Jets in one fell swoop.

Saw him score from coast-to-coast - 2011 season-ender vs Dallas to the beatdown on SF in the 2012 "revenge" game.

Best of luck and thanks.

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Your contribution to this team was enormous (in Jets game 11'etc.)

Best wishes to next step

Watching him go down vs. the Eagles was maybe the single saddest thing I've experienced as a football fan. My feeling that night was worse than after any loss...and we've had some doozies. Seeing him go sucks...but I was so thrilled we got to see him back out there in blue. Best of luck Vic!

He will always be a part of celebrating the 2011 championship team. And he'll always get a strong ovation from Giants fans.

What a great story his is. And a gutty comeback from a catastrophic injury. Thank you, Victor.

for being a great New York Giant. One of the best Wide Receivers in the franchise's history and of the greatest slot WR's I ever got to watch.

Thank you for being a true champion, without your contributions, there is no way the Giants win Super Bowl 46

Thank you for your off the field work to make the area a better place and for being a Giant on and off the field.

You will be missed.

Best of luck.

one of my favorite Giants.

VC was one of my all time favorite Giants.

and best wishes in whatever's next be it the NFL or the beginning of your post-football career.

In comment 13359246 MOOPS said:

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Thanks Victor. Thanks Mario. Thanks Hakeem.

I love this picture!
And yes, thank you very much

a great great Giant
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of my favorites, alongside Eli, Tuck, Amani, & Stray.

on and off the field in particular. He always handled himself with the utmost class and represented himself, his family and the Giants organization so well. He will be missed.

For putting Paterson NJ on the map for a good thing!!!
I guess you have yourself set up for your financial future and your family. Two great achievements aside form what you have done for the Giants and their fans. I hope you land squarely on your feet and if you desire to keep going in football, may God bless you and keep you injury free, but don't have good games against us.
Cojelo suave !!!

Good Luck, Cruz!

Once a Giant. . .

Fought like hell to get back.

Nothing but gratitude.

Thanks for the years of service. And mostly, thank you for Super Bowl 46!!!

for the SB run in 2011-12. Guy who fought like hell to make the roster, and fought like hell to come back from a devastating injury. Many of us expected this, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept.

Thanks VC, you'll always be an all-time Giant great.

Great Giant. Great memories of many great plays.

the injury. Good luck in the future, Victor.

Probably the right thing, but damn he was a good Giant and good person. The kind of guy you wanted to root for.

A class act. Hope their is another story for him.

Hopefully, he will have his number in the Ring of Honor, but for some reason I doubt it.

Great hands, great routes, always a threat and often successful. Thanks Victor!

he hooks up with another team, appreciated what he did, but
it was time.

Thanks Victor

Best of luck.

you will be missed sir

just like all the other Giant greats. I was at the JETS game where he took it for 99 yards and propelled this team into the playoffs and ultimately another Super Bowl Championship. I'll always remember that spectacular play.

Still remember you on the training field camp a UA..an undrafted rookie. A guy who kept getting open, who couldn't be covered.

Camp fodder, they said. Then, you buried the Jets in pre-season. Made the roster, stashed for a year, then you broke out...and the rest is history.

Victor, Lord of the Dance. You were fun to watch, and that's how I'll remember you!

He will always be thought of fondly. In 2011 he was the best receiver in football.

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I'll always remember you

The 45yd dagger off an Eli "fuck it I'm going deep" pass in week 17. Cowboys fans know what a blow that was.

That was after the two monster TD plays against the Jets and Cowboys.

Nicks was the man during the playoffs. But those last 2 reg. Games were really playoff games and Victor carried us.

You brought a lot of joy not only to Giants fans but football fans, in general. All the best !

I wish you nothing but the best Cruz... Cruz a True Giant. One of my favorite players ever to wear Blue. Great Story, Great Player, and Great Giant. Thank You Cruz. You will be missed!

You'll always be a great Giant. Thanks for the salsa!

that 2011 season was a welcome distraction to real life for me and i'm sure many others.

the magical ride had zero chance of happening without you.

99 yard TD started the run, 74 yard TD got us up early in the division clincher, the Plax-esque abuse of the SF secondary in the NFC title game, the opening TD of XLVI

an electric player. happy we had those couple great years and simultaneously it's saddening how many guys we've lost at a relatively young age to injury in the last decade

You made the 2011 season what it was. Will never forget that game against Philly.

I knew he was special the minute #3 lit up the Jets in preseason. He's a hometown boy done good and should be in the ring of honor.

a player and she was genuinely sad today when she heard the news. For a 13 year old Giants' fan you helped her fall in love with Giants football... and the salsa. As her dad I'll always remember your heart. Thanks VC.

Had serious doubts about Victor's ability to replace Steve Smith. The Giants did also as they signed the ancient Brandon Stokley to a contract after Victor dropped and easy pass on his first attempt against Washington on a 3rd down play. After that play,Cruz was just incredible and made big play after big play and was easily the catalyst that propelled our NY Giants to a Super Bowl Championship. Thank you Victor Cruz for great moments and memories. Best of luck with your next team.

that always displayed class and respectability, and was a lot of fun to watch play on Sunday. Thank you, Victor!

Man it was always great hearing that reverberate around a stadium.

Thanks for the memories.

You deserve some.

Thanks for everything, and best of luck to you in the future (unless, of course, you are playing the Gmen).

I hope that you come back and work for the organization some day. The organization can use all the class acts it can get.

for the run in 2011. Some of the greatest plays in Giants history in the biggest spots. As a Giants fan you always will have a place in my heart. Thanks for everything and good luck.

And for that.....

He will always hold a great place in our hearts.

Salsa man, you had a great run and you be will be missed.

Thank you first and foremost for representing big blue the right way. Class act I got my cousin into the Giants and he gravitated towards you and I couldn't ask for a better role model. You were a great player and we will always remember 2011 as the year of victor. Keep playing Vic will always root for you no matter what laundry you wear because you are a giant at heart