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Victor Cruz says he worked his whole life get to this point, signing a lucrative contract extension with the New York Giants on Monday that should take care of his family for the rest of his life.
So, what motivates the dynamic slot receiver work now?
“Just more championships, man,” Cruz said in a conference call with reporters, shortly after he signed the deal at Giants headquarters. “Now, I can focus on football.”
A person with knowledge of the negotiations told USA TODAY Sports that Cruz’s contract is worth about $45.9 million over six years, with $15.6 million guaranteed. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract details had not been announced.
The offer was too good to pass up for Cruz, a Paterson, N.J., native who had to fight just to make the Giants roster three years ago as an undrafted free agent out of Massachusetts.
“I was like, you know what? I’m done with the back and forth,” said Cruz, 26. “What’s on the table is a really good deal. I’m really excited about it, and it’s going to provide security for my family for a very long time. I felt like today was the day.”
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Cruz led the Giants with 168 catches for 2,628 yards and 19 touchdowns over the past two seasons. He said he never considered playing on the one-year, $2.879 million restricted free-agent tender he signed on June 14 to avoid having the tender reduced to $600,000.
“I knew with the kind of person I am, it would have been difficult to look you guys in the face in the locker room every day with those same questions that I had to face a year prior,” Cruz said. “I don’t know if I could do that again.”
The intention was to continue working on a multiyear deal, which ended up averaging $7.647 million — good for 18th among NFL receivers and among the top contracts for slot men, though short of the six-year, $67 million contract the Seattle Seahawks gave Percy Harvin after acquiring him from the Minnesota Vikings in a March trade.
Cruz’s contract exceeds the deals signed in the offseason by Wes Welker with the Denver Broncos (two years, $12 million fully guaranteed) and Danny Amendola with the New England Patriots (five years, $28.5 million, $10 million guaranteed).
“I think my deal is tremendous,” Cruz said. “I think to be able to be in a top position as a slot receiver amongst the best in the league, I think it’s definitely a great deal. You don’t want to be anywhere else. I don’t want to play anywhere else.”
Cruz didn’t even receive a signing bonus on the three-year contract he signed with the Giants the day after the 2010 draft. He battled injuries as a rookie and appeared in only three games, failing to record a catch, then broke through as Eli Manning’s favorite target in 2011 and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XLVI.
The Giants were $3.309 million under the salary cap prior to Cruz’s deal. They now can turn their attention to signing their remaining two draft picks, first-rounder Justin Pugh and fourth-rounder Ryan Nassib, as well as working on a new deal for their other top receiver, Hakeem Nicks, who is due $2.725 million in base salary in the last year of his rookie contract.
“Hakeem’s his own man,” Cruz said. “He’s going to make his own decisions. But I’m definitely going to see if I can get him to stay with me for a couple years.”
Cruz said he misses his teammates after his skipping all offseason workouts, organized team activity practices and the minicamp.
The Giants were 9-7 last season, missing the playoffs for the third time in four years.
“I’m excited to just continue to win, man,” Cruz said. “I’m still young. I feel like I’ve got another couple more championships under my belt that myself and the team can accomplish. So, I’m ready to get started.”
Arizona Cardinals rookie Robert Gill has yet to prove himself in the NFL, but he’s a cinch for All-Pro at gym stunts.
Watch above as Gill gets on a treadmill revved up to 25 miles an hour and shows off the happy feet that convinced Arizona to give him a tryout at age 29.
The speedster certainly fares better on the machine than Kevin James in “The King Of Queens” or Seann William Scott in “Mr. Woodcock.”
The Boston Celtics on Thursday completed the detonation of the team that won the 2008 NBA title, agreeing to send Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, along with guard Jason Terry, to the Brooklyn Nets for a collection of players and Draft picks, according to league sources.
Brooklyn will send forwards Kris Humphries and Gerald Wallace, along with guard Keith Bogans, along with first-round picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018, to Boston in exchange for the three veteran players. The Celtics made no secret of the fact that if Doc Rivers left, they would accelerate their rebuilding process, and try to deal their veteran core as soon as possible.
The deal could only be completed after Garnett agreed to waive his no-trade clause, which allowed him to veto any potential deal. He was likely to waive the no-trade clause if the NBA had allowed him to go, along with Pierce, to the Clippers along with Rivers. But the league said that the Clippers and Celtics could not combine a trade of Rivers along with players.
The Nets, who hired Jason Kidd as head coach earlier this month, are putting all their chips in for the next season or two. The 37-year-old Garnett and the 35-year-old Pierce will certainly start for Brooklyn next season, with the 35-year-old Terry likely to come off the bench as the team’s sixth man. They will join holdovers Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and center Brook Lopez as the Nets try to win now for well-heeled but demanding owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who promised a Finals team within five years of taking over control of the franchise.
Pierce, second on the franchise’s all-time scoring list behind John Havlicek, third in minutes played and fourth in games played, and the team’s all-time leader in free throws attempted and made, had hoped to retire a Celtic, after playing 15 seasons in Boston. After looking to be moved during the team’s dark days, his career was rejuvenated when Boston acquired Garnett and Ray Allen in the summer of 2007. The Celtics’ new “Big Three” quickly came together and led Boston to its 16th world championship, defeating the Lakers in six games.
Boston made the Finals again in 2010, but lost a seven-game series to L.A. While the Celtics continued to make the playoffs, including the Eastern Conference finals last season, general manager Danny Ainge was concerned that his team was getting long in the tooth.
Once the Celtics and Clippers agreed last Sunday to a deal that let Rivers out of the remaining three years of his contract so that he could sign a deal with the Clippers, there was no reason to keep Boston’s vets together.
Now, Boston will rebuild around guard Rajon Rondo and guard Avery Bradley, forwards Jeff Green and Jared Sullinger, along with the veterans they acquired from the Nets.
Former Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano, now head coach of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has issued a statement on the death of Rutgers alum and avid Scarlet Knights supporter James Gandolfini. The two got to know each other well through various events over the years. The statement:
“I am sad to hear of the passing of Jim Gandolfini. He was a great supporter of Rutgers Football long before it was fashionable to be so. His generosity in helping us lent relevance to our football program at a time when it was desperately needed. In addition to his acting acclaim, he will be remembered by all Rutgers people as compassionate alum and a great New Jerseyan.”
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