Schrodinger’s Cruz
I apologize for two Giants comics in a row. I wanted a Cruz joke for Tuesday but all I could come up with was a JPP joke so I went with that.
Victor Cruz has been in this weird limbo for two years now. At this point I’ve reached a level where I’m just assuming he’s completely done and moving on with what I’d like to see from the Giants WRs. If he comes back and plays for us? Great. At this point, I’ll believe it when I see it. I’m done wondering and worrying about a player who is likely never going to be what he was anyway. Thanks for everything you’ve done for us Cruz. You earned a spot in Giants lore and we will remember you fondly. You taught a generation of dorky white people to poorly dance the salsa. You seem like a great guy with a great future ahead of you. I wish you well. I don’t want this to be the end, but nothing seems to indicate it’s not.
This is pretty much the exact same thing that happened last year. He seemed ready, was taking snaps in practice. But he has a little nagging thing. No big deal. Take it easy. Then he didn’t play a preseason game. Then another. Then all of Preseason. Then he was missing games during the season. Then, finally, he was on IR. Now we come around again and he looks good all camp. He’s taking snaps in practice. But he’s got a nagging thing, no big deal. He’s missed one game of preseason, and didn’t practice on Wednesday, which doesn’t bode well for this weekend’s game. Cruz is toast. Cruz had a horrible injury and now he’s straining everything else because his body is compensating for the way the injury made him rehab. I was hoping we’d get one or two games from Vic before he re-injured himself but now it looks like we won’t even get that. If he doesn’t see the field this year the Giants are going to cut him, and it’ll be tough to find a job after two years out and let go by a franchise that has every reason to love him.
I think the saddest part of all of this is that his final football moment will be tearing his tendon on a failed 4th down in primetime in an incredibly disappointing loss to the Eagles. That was the most depressing game I’ve ever watched as a fan mostly because of the scene of him crying as he’s carted off. It was heartbreaking. I don’t want that to be the final time Victor is on a football field. He deserves one more salsa. If he can get that this year, I’ll be happy. But until it happens, it’s probably best to just not consider him a factor for the team this year.
Come here bro, you need a hug.
We all do.
I prefer Joe Flacco, he is Schrodinger’s QB, both Elite and Jag at the same time… This argument could also be applied to Andy Dalton “the prime meridian of QBs” every QB better than him is a Franchise QB and every one worse than him is not a long term solution…
I dig the ATN reference.
RIP Cruz
The pass may have been intercepted in the end zone, or it may have been caught for a game-winning touchdown, we do not know. At that initial moment it is paradoxically both a catch and an interception at the same time. It is only when it is observed by a replacement ref that the conclusion of the play is determined.
This is what we call Schrodinger’s Fail Mary.
You made my season Xhoven…
I hope he is able to play. I want to see that salsa one more time before he rides off into the sunset. IF he doesn’t play again, then he will be remembered with adoration from Giants fans.
This is why I usually support players over the owners. This is why they should always try for the biggest contracts and the most guaranteed money they can get. I’m really glad he got to sign that second contract in 2013.
$23M for two good seasons and one spectacular one that ended in a Super Bowl win. That’s a fair deal for both sides, I think.
OBJ and Cruz would have been a dynamic duo had they played more than a quarter of a season together.
Cruz was the man in 2011 and 2012. Sad to see his career get torn apart by injuries.
They didn’t even play that. They may have been on the field together for approximately 4 quarters worth of play, OBJ coming out of the injury concerns in the 2nd half of the atlanta game, and Cruz going down the next week.
As a brazilian dude who was introduced to football four or five years ago I had to pick a team to cheer for. Cruz is the main reason I became a Giants fan. This whole thing sucks. Good comic, as usual.
Is he who you thought he was?
Don’t go off the hook, now.
Excuse me, is this the proper space for pedantic remarks? It’s not the fact that we don’t KNOW whether the cat is alive or dead that makes it the case that it is both alive and dead. Rather, it’s the fact that we have not opened the box (which is also why we don’t know, but that’s a separate issue). Blah blah, quantum superposition, blah blah.
How is it that you have not done a Will Hayes comic yet? https://www.yahoo.com/tv/nfl-player-genuinely-believes-in-mermaids-but-not-dinosaurs-091119742.html
Is he in the NFC East?
No Dave! Keep hope! We will one day see the dual TD celebration of Cruz and Odell.
3, actually. Bosa had a Giants uni.