As he looks closely, sometimes he sees the old Eli. Sometimes he sees an old Eli. As someone who caught 303 NFL passes from Eli Manning and broke out 26 salsa touchdown dance celebrations on the receiving end of Manning darts, Victor Cruz can notice every nuance in the form of his former quarterback, and he sees distressing signs.
“I don’t think he’s finished,’’ Cruz told The Post this week. “My thing with Eli has always been if you’re able to keep his jersey clean and not have him worry about guys coming to take his head off every time he’s dropping back to pass he has the opportunity to do some really good things.