Coughlin did point out Tuesday that Cruz made never one to mindlessly dish out praise, seems to agree. He singled out Cruz last week in training camp then said, “justice has been served” after Cruz’s excellent week turned into an outstanding game.

Cruz has received a crazy amount of praise over the last few days, including some complements from ESPN blogger Matt Mosley, who thinks Cruz could challenge Mario Manningham to be the Giants third receiver.

Its a never come into a game thinking you’re going to have three touchdowns and all that, said Cruz, a Paterson native who went undrafted this spring after starring at UMass. I just wanted to come in and, work hard. I’ve been working hard all camp and just wanted to kind of show what I can do on the main stage.

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