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New York Giants: 5 worst injuries in team history

By Curt Macysyn

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 29: Tackle Will Beatty #65 of the New York Giants leaves the game against the Washington Redskins with an injury during the second half at MetLife Stadium on December 29, 2013 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Ron Antonelli/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 29: Tackle Will Beatty #65 of the New York Giants leaves the game against the Washington Redskins with an injury during the second half at MetLife Stadium on December 29, 2013 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Ron Antonelli/Getty Images) /
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#2 – Victor Cruz

(Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images)
(Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images) /

Wide receiver Victor Cruz was a homegrown rags-to-riches story for the New York Giants. An undrafted free agent, who was raised a stone’s throw from the Meadowlands, Cruz seemingly had it all. According to Pro Football Reference, Cruz played only three games for the G-Men in 2010. He then burst onto the scene in 2011 with 82 catches for 1,536 receiving yards.

That season Cruz caught 10 touchdowns, including a 99-yard catch and carry against the New York Jets. He led the New York Giants to a victory in Super Bowl XLVI, catching a TD in that game. Fans were excited in 2014, when rookie Odell Beckham was drafted. Cruz and Beckham were expected to be a lethal combination for Big Blue in the years ahead.

It wasn’t to be as Beckham missed the first month of his rookie season with a hamstring injury. The duo were teamed up for one full game, a 30 – 20 win over the Atlanta Falcons. With a 3-2 record heading into “Sunday Night Football” clash with the rival Philadelphia Eagles, hopes were high.

Instead all hope was lost a Cruz suffered a non-contact injury in the end zone, as the New York Giants were driving. The team lost the game 27-0, and Cruz for the better part of the next year and a half. He sustained a ruptured patella tendon in his knee. Cruz was never the same and caught only one more touchdown with the G-Men. He is out of football right now.

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