Restricted Free Agency (RFA) tenders for Giants, and some news on Victor Cruz

Here are the Restricted Free Agent (RFA) Tender amounts, when Albert Breer tweeted them about 4 months ago back in mid-January:

The reason that I bring this up now is as a reminder of the tenders that the 3 Giants' RFAs (Victor Cruz, Andre Brown, & Stevie Brown) received. They're as follows:

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Stevie Brown (he tweeted his signed RFA tender) and Andre Brown have both already signed their tenders, whereas Cruz has not. They all already count against the cap at the rates that they were tendered at (listed above), regardless of if they signed (A. Brown & S. Brown signed theirs) or didn't sign them (as in Cruz's case).

Giants' co-owner John Mara is optimistic regarding the chances that the Giants and Cruz reach a new deal for Cruz. Check out the article below:

"Victor Cruz still unsigned but NY Giants co-owner John Mara highly confident a deal will get done" | by Ralph Vacchiano / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 10:04 AM


The next 7 to 10 days are reported as being important for the Giants and Cruz to reach an agreement as per Pro Football Talk (see link below). This would be advantageous to the Giants since they would like Cruz in attendance as OTAs get underway.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/07/next-week-or-so-deemed-important-for-cruz-talks/


OTAs get underway 14 days from today on May 22nd, according to cbssports.com (source: NFL OTA, minicamp dates announced for 2013 offseason By Ryan Wilson | CBSSports.com April 30, 2013 7:14 pm ET).

Here are the dates for the Giants (the workout portion of the offseason for the Giants began on April 15th):

First day: April 15 OTAs: May 22-23, May 29-31, June 3-7 Mandatory minicamp: June 11-13 Rookie minicamp: May 10-12

Cruz's attendance during that time would be of significance for the following reason put forth by Patricia Trainia on this thread from BBI ( Giants want to get Cruz done in 7-10 days Jolly Blue Giant : 5/7/2013 4:22 pm):

Would Make Sense Because

Pat from Inside Football : 5/7/2013 4:26 pm

In a couple of weeks, the third and final phase of the offseason program, the OTAs, begin. and if Cruz isn't signed by then, then this has the potential to drag into training camp and become a distraction.

John Mara seems confident that a deal will be reached. Words of optimism always are encouraging to hear, hopefully they bare fruit in the upcoming days.