Around the NFL Free Agency Thread 2013

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by mooby

If the Giants get a first for Cruz it will be a good deal for them, yes Cruz is a great wideout but when you think of how the Giants took an undrafted free agent and turned him into a Pro Bowler worth a first round pick it speaks to one of the things you are doing right as an organization.


With all that said I would be remiss if I didn't say F Mara and the Giants, stupid a-holes, not only getting rid of 36 million of our cap money, but for turning an undrafted free agent into a player worth a first round pick.

That's one way to look at it, the "profit" from flipping Cruz. However, how do they replace his production? Even if they use that 1st-round pick on a WR, that's a position with probably the highest rate of draft busts. Cruz has become one of the most productive WRs in the game and you don't just plug-and-play with that caliber of a player.

They really screwed themselves by paying both Eli and the often-injured and less productive than Cruz WR named Nicks. They can't afford to pay both Nicks AND Cruz #1 WR money and they both demand it.

Cruz is likely leaving NJ.

I believe the teams around the league have been waiting for Wallace, Jennings and Welker's deals to be done before moving onto Cruz who might take a little more money because they'll have to outbid the Giants, but with their cap situation, it can be done.

The Giants can get big value for Cruz...BUT they can't replace him on the field.