Tenders All Around

Cruz, ABrown, SBrown Get Tendered

John Mara announced today that the Giants have placed tenders on Victor Cruz, Andre Brown, and Stevie Brown. Cruz has a 1st round tender with both the Browns receiving a 2nd.

Mara stated that Cruz would become a very wealthy young man if he accpeted the Giants offer, but Cruz and his agent have said that they want to test the free agent market. Do not be surprised to see someone sign him to an offer sheet. If you have not heard, Percy Harvin was traded to the Seahawks today for a 1st round pick and then some. I could see the Vikings giving the Giants that 1st round pick to pick up Cruz as a semi replacement for Harvin. Also, don't sleep on the 49ers who have a ridiculous amount of picks at their disposal.

Stevie and Andre  Brown should be safe with the Giants. Both players came out of no where this past year and contributed greatly on defense and offense respectively. I doubt there is a team in the league that would risk a 2nd round pick on players that are not fully proven in the NFL.

I see all 3 coming back. Cruz is a product of Eli. Not the other way around, and hopefully he understands that.

Three tenders take up $6.9 million in salary cap space ($2.879m to Cruz, $2.02m offered to Browns), $1.5 million left for now.

UPDATE: Anquan Boldin just got traded to the 49ers for a 6th round pick. Thats two WRs going to the NFC West, do the Rams travel down that road and pick up Cruz? Speculation shows Rams have interest.