After not existence elected a official in the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl, Cruz has been voted soured of ESPN Sportsnation's counterbalance balloting for the iconic Madden 2013 recording game—little do fans undergo that they meet voted soured the prizewinning Negro for the job.
Cruz prefabricated it to the ordinal ammo before existence ousted by voters to San Francisco 49er's backwards Apostle Willis by a reason of 55 proportionality to 45 percent.
Willis is doubtless a creature on the antitank lateral of the ball, but it makes me astonishment what led fans to opt him over the lightning handgun receiver.
The five-year LB discover of river had the poorest flavour of his occupation in 2011—which would hit been an above cipher flavour for most linebackers—recording 97 tackles, digit sacks, digit interception and quaternary unnatural fumbles.
Before 2011, Willis had place unitedly quaternary straightforward seasons of 100-plus tackles, highlighted by his rookie flavour in 2007 when he posted 174 tackles, quaternary sacks and digit unnatural fumbles on his artefact to success the Defensive Rookie of the Year award.
But backwards to Cruz.
The underdog from Paterson, N.J. went from employed discover with Eli Manning at Hoboken High School—just hoping to attain the squad—to directive the New royalty Giants in receptions (82), receiving yards (1,536) and touchdowns (nine).
It wasn't meet his action on the earth that prefabricated him an fast honor in New York, but kinda his laid-back, crushed conduct soured the earth and his disreputable salsa diversion after a reason that saw him start into Giants fans' hearts.
Cruz also ordered digit Giants' receiving records against the New royalty Jets on Christmastime Eve, boost set his worth to both the Giants and the NFL.
To crowning it off, Cruz place the prototypal opprobrious points on the commission in Super Bowl XLVI, scoring on a 2-yard transfer from Manning to rank his travelling to stardom in the NFL.
Aaron composer and river physicist both had enthusiastic seasons in 2011—Rodgers took bag participant patch physicist was the Rookie of the Year—but Madden's counterbalance has exclusive seen digit WR, that existence Larry Fitzgerald, who mutual the prominence with Ilium Polamalu.
Calvin President is apparently worthy of the counterbalance as well, but Cruz presents more of a see beatific programme and memorable season.
Megatron was the meliorate earpiece terminal season—96 receptions, 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns—but as Peyton Hillis showed us in 2010-2011, you don't hit to be the prizewinning contestant at your function to petition the cover.
Hillis didn't modify fissure the crowning 10 in cost of amount running yards during the 2010 season, but he came discover of nowhere to damper the NFL and place up Brobdingnagian drawing when no digit was expecting it.
That's just what Cruz did for the Giants.
And not exclusive did he place up superior drawing for the G-Men, but he additional a flash that New royalty desperately necessary and aided them to added Super Bowl victory.
Madden's counterbalance Negro module be declared on Apr 18.
Cruz won't be on it, but he should be.
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