Victor Cruz can’t shake Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on Saturday, can’t create separation from the cornerback, and then he fails to make a desperate, one-handed catch on a pass from Eli Manning.
But wait… Soon, Cruz catches a sideline throw, gives a patented jump-hop cutback that fakes Trumaine McBride out of his spikes after a 20-yard catch.
“It was almost subconscious — made him miss, and then take it up the sideline,” Cruz said, smiling. “It came naturally.”
On a drill.
In training camp.
That’s all we get to see from Cruz right now, and frankly it isn’t enough to know whether the new Cruz is as deadly as the old Cruz.