Victor Cruz Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 6'0" / 204 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- November 11, 1986 (37)
- Experience
- 8th Season
- Drafted
- 2010 / Rd. / Pk. (NYG)
- College
- Massachusetts
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Victor Cruz News
Free-agent wide receiver Victor Cruz continues to train as he looks to keep his playing career alive. However, he has set an undisclosed later date this year to retire if he remains unsigned. Cruz was cut by the Bears last summer and did not play at all in 2017. "I just love the game. I think I can still play," Cruz said Tuesday at the BTIG Charity Day event in Manhattan, where he participated for his Victor Cruz Foundation. "I don't want to exhaust all of that before I fall off." The salsa dancer hasn't been the same since tearing the patellar tendon in his right knee in 2014, and he's unlikely to find a legitimate offer from a team this summer.
Victor Cruz is expected to be released by the Bears when they announce their 53-man roster on Saturday, per chicagotribune.com. Cruz came into camp as a veteran whose experience was supposed to be invaluable to a young group of receivers. But he failed to make an impression during training camp and a couple of key drops in preseason play doomed Cruz. It is quite possible this could be the end of the line for a player who dazzled fantasy football fans with touchdowns and salsa dances from 2011-13.
Victor Cruz may be the odd man out among the Bears receiving corps, per chicagotribune.com. Two untimely drops have plagued the veteran receiver's preseason performance and he simply hasn't made enough plays during the course of training camp. The Bears are certain to keep Kevin White, Kendall Wright, Markus Wheaton and plan to deploy tight end Zach Miller as a wideout at times. With special team players Josh Bellamy and Deonte Thompson carving out roles the prospects are looking slim for Cruz. On top of that, un-drafted rookie receiver Tanner Gentry has been the best pass catcher in camp. All this points to Cruz' time with the Bears may be coming to an end.
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