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For all the talk there has been about the New York Giants signing restricted free-agent wide receiver Victor Cruz to a long-term contract, the team is putting a bigger emphasis at this time on signing wide receiver Hakeem Nicks to a long-term deal, according to league sources.

Nicks, 25, has one year remaining on his contract, but New York would like to tie him to the team long term as it views him as a legitimate No. 1 receiver.

Due to injuries to his knee and foot in 2012, Nicks failed to post 1,000 yards receiving for the first time since 2009.

Nicks finished third on the Giants with 53 receptions, notching 692 yards and three touchdowns. It was the first time in three seasons that Nicks did not have at least 76 receptions, 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns in a season.

The Giants also would like to keep the 26-year-old Cruz, but at this time, Nicks' contract status is the higher priority.

Giants owner John Mara said last week that he wants Cruz to remain a Giant, but at a reasonable price.

"We certainly want him back, but like with any player, there's a limit to where we're going to go," the Giants' co-owner told reporters Friday. "He's been a terrific player for us, he's a fan favorite, he does a lot for our franchise, but there is a limit."

Cruz is coming off consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons and is averaging 84 receptions, 1,314 yards and 9.5 touchdowns in the past two seasons.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should have always been priority #1 out of the receivers.

NEED to lock up Cruz, Beatty & Bennet also.

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@ShaunOHara60 this picture is much better. NYG Offensive Line & Brothers for life pic.twitter.com/oCoclh8R

One of the best O-line's in Giants history.... love all of them.... none of them aside from Snee was tops at their position but as a unit they were special.

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Feb 3 2013 08:54pm

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Feb 3 2013 10:54pm

No longer defending Super Bowl Champions

Draft can't come soon enough

Gong to go lay down... still pissed I lost everything I won this season -_-

Nevermind.. can't sleep right now

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Feb 3 2013 11:10pm

Salary cap ramifications of cutting players

Been doing some calculations. This is using the numbers available to the public, Im sure some are in reality quite a bit different, but here goes.

Im going to start with the higher value contracts, that means nobody who makes less than 5 mil a season.

Remember dead money is money that counts against the cap and is not available to be used. Also remember players in their last year can not be restructured. You can ask them to take a pay cut.

Players whose contracts expire at the end of 2013.

Tuck
Keeping next season = $5.8 mil cap hit
Releasing before next season = savings of 4 mil
Dead money = $1.8 mil

Diehl
Keeping next season = $7.825
Releasing before next season = savings of 4.825 mil
Dead money = $3 mil

Boley
Keeping next season = $5.9
Releasing before next season = savings of 4.5 mil
Dead money = $1.4 mil

Webster
Keeping next season = $11.475
Releasing before next season = savings of 9.975
Dead money = $2.375

Contracts expire end of 2014.

Bradshaw
keeping this season = $5 mil
keeping next season = $5.25 mil
releasing before this season = savings of 1.25 (no cap hit after 2013, so would save full 5.25 in 2014)
releasing after next season = savings of 4 mil
dead space releasing before this season = 2.5 mil
dead space releasing after next season = 1.25

Rolle
keeping this season = $10 mil
keeping next season = $10 mil
releasing before this season = savings of 1 mil (no cap hit after 2013, so would save full $10 mil in 2014)
releasing after next season = savings of 4 mil
dead space releasing before this season = 6 mil
dead space releasing after next season = 3 mil

Snee
keeping this season = $7.95 mil
keeping next season = $8.95 mil
releasing before this season = savings of 3.45 (no cap hit after 2013, so would save full 8.95 mil in 2014)
releasing after next season = savings of 6.7
dead space releasing before this season = 4.5
dead space releasing after next season = 2.25

Baas
Keeping this season = $6.725
Keeping next season = $7.225
Keeping season after = $7.475

Releasing this season = Savings of 100k
Releasing next season = savings of 2.225 mil
Releasing season after = savings of 5.25 mil

Dead space cutting this season = 6.675
Dead space cutting next season = 4.45
Dead space cutting season after = 2.25

Canty
Keeping this season = 8.2 mil
Keeping next season = 8.4 mil
Releasing this season = Savings of 4.2 mil
Releasing after next season = Savings of 6.4 mil
Dead money releasing this season = 4 mil
Dead money releasing after next season = 2 mil

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Thought I would add what releasing T2 this season will do, which is all but guaranteed.

Savings of 2.25 mil on the cap, dead space of 750k.

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Also Jacobs $2 mil dead money clears.

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Clint Sintims dead money hit of 400k also clears.

Then he will be off the books completely.

Giants have a rollover of roughly 1 mil as well.

And we dont know what the cap will be for next season yet, though its projected to be about the same.

http://boards.giants.com/showthread.php?27592-Salary-cap-ramifications-of-cutting-players

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Feb 4 2013 10:46am

Good read

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