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With Manningham and probably Jacobs coming off the books, there should be money to give Cruz a decent increase. I could see his agent seeking something like what Jordy Nelson got from the Packers (3 years, $12 million). I don't know how much the Giants will be able to give this off-season though, since the cap situation is already a mess. They may give him a slight bump and promise him a bigger raise if he can prove he wasn't a one year wonder or something.
Nicks has 2 years left on his deal too, so the Giants probably want to lock him up too. The players have said that they want to keep the core of the team together, but with the cap situation the way it is the players will probably have to be willing to take a little bit less than they could get on the open market.
Thankfully, JPP has said that he wants to play out his rookie contract (3 years left) and not further complicate the cap. Of course you have people like Fatcesa saying "no no no, you gotta lock him up now! they'll never be able to afford him when his deal is up. he'll turn into another Osi, it's all about the money for them, etc."
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