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Victor Cruz will be remembered as a ghost of Jets' Christmas past

Victor Cruz caught 303 passes in his New York Giants career, which ended Monday with a pink slip. His 75th crushed the heart of their New Jersey neighbors, the New York Jets.

Christmas Eve, 2011. It was billed as "The Fight Before Christmas," and it lives as one of the darkest moments in Jets history. Cruz took a 10-yard pass on a third-and-long, avoided would-be tacklers Kyle Wilson and Antonio Cromartie and raced for a 99-yard touchdown, only the 13th 99-yard score in the history of the NFL.