AllGiants: Victor Cruz wished that he could help Giants (sports Blogs)

Victor Cruz feels as good health than ever before and would love to help the Giants, who need healthy receptors, according to the Daily News.

"Every day I wake up and I'm like"Oh LUA, I wish I was there"," Cruz said. "Just to help the guys because you know when you make guys and they don't really know the offence and it is the type of a learning curve." And now get towards the end of the season, you are in the playoffs swing, you want that here from the guys who know the pieces and know things. I have any kind of would these guys were not descend.

Cruz was placed on the reserve injured on 16 October, after suffering injury hamstrings during exercise fitness team of five days earlier. Cruz initially thought that it would be just off during a week after that what he was injured. However, the Giants felt differently.

Cruz was the hero of pre-season after registration for 145 yards and 3 6 Giants affected during the pre-season against aircraft Jet.

Now would be the timing perfect for Cruz to acquire some play experience. There is a chance, it would really be able to put forward a good contribution to the offence. It is a shame, the team had to be placed on IR so quickly earlier this season. The team needed to place Shayne Graham when Cruz was placed on IR, Lawrence Tynes being unable to play this week.

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Patriots-bear could be played in hazardous environments (The National Football Post) (Yahoo!)

Soldier Field will be the host of what might be the confrontation of marquee in 14 week with bears play the New England Patriots in Chicago for the first time since 2000.

Patriots (10-2) can obtain a playoffs berth with a win. Bears (9-3) are a game in the Brig the Atlanta Falcons NFC North for the top seed in the Conference. This is a game full of intriguing scenarios, no more persuasive than Tom Brady (notes) vs the defence of the Medal of honour of opportunistic bear rejuvenated with the arrival of the winger defensive Julius Peppers (notes) and Executive Coordinator of the first year Rod Marinelli.

And it is a game that can be played in terrible conditions altogether. Latest game-time forecasts are for temperatures to 18 degrees and drop, with winds gusting to 30 mph to 50 mph wind. That could cause actual Brady and bear quarter Jay Cutler (notes). Bystanders you say it is not difficult to throw the ball to rain or snow, but winds can get rid of air attacks.

"For us, is the typical game in Chicago in December," Bears Lovie Smith has said the coach. "Do we plan for this match." Yes. This is our home field advantage. Or do I should not say advantage. This is our home field that we play. Get ready for all the situations that each week. Once again, it is not as if we are going to start to do anything differently than we normally at the time of the year. »

It's not as if the visitor is not accustomed to Old Man Winter, though. The Patriots know that they will meet. How they prepare?

"We just go outside (practice)," coach Bill Belichick saod. "We were under cold conditions and windy here at points in the year." We have a freezer.

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