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Show him the money.
Victor Cruz was the NFL’s rags-to-riches story in 2011 and to the victor belongs the riches.
One breakout season doesn’t mean the Giants are obligated to tear up the final year of the three-year, $1.2 million deal Cruz signed as a free agent — see Osi Umenyiora — but no one can deny that he outplayed his contract by leaps and bounds. The Giants offered Umenyiora incentives, which he declined.
The message to Big Blue now: Do something!
“I deserve to be paid more money,” Cruz told Pro Football Talk yesterday.
Of course he does. How many more end zone salsas would you like him to do to convince you?
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