EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Victor Cruz would rather not think back to last November. That might have been the low point from a deep pool of difficult moments he has faced throughout the past two years.
The thought of being stuck on his couch watching television, his left leg in a boot following calf surgery which ended his 2015 season for the New York Giants without a single snap, still stings.
At that point, the imprints on those couch cushions were still fresh. A year earlier, Cruz was laid up in that same spot, only with his right leg dangling following knee surgery.