 Okay, what is going on guys? Welcome back to another video All right, I'm just gonna I'm just gonna show you guys something. Oh my fucking god. Look at this This is what isolation does to you. This is what your fourth week of isolation does to you What's going on you guys welcome back to another video? Cheers Don't you just love the first sip of coffee in the morning? It does something it just makes you feel some kind of way Anyways guys, it's made me feel good enough to crack open the camera once again and show you guys what happened yesterday Have a look at this The household had the amazing idea to try and send me blonde I mean you guys know at the best of times I like to change my look Today is extremely different. It's got my Harry Potter glasses and my Eminem haircut halfway through So with that being said let's get into it guys today We've got two players to look at two more. They are New York Giants legends. I believe and Their names are Victor Cruz and Darius Slater So with that being said I want to wish you guys a fantastic day wherever you are in the world today's date is the 22nd of April and it's been four weeks of isolating ourselves as a household in this house and Really the only time we've left the house is to go and play some basketball or go and play some tennis We'll go for a walk. I actually went for a 10k run the other day. That felt quite good But that's enough about me. Let's get into the first of the two players for today His name is Victor Cruz. Okay, so before we move forward. I do want to just mention just once and for all these glasses are prescription and This haircut is not finished Let's continue all right Victor Cruz. I've put his name into YouTube. This is exactly what's come up I've never heard his name before I've never seen him play before. I don't know what position he plays I don't know if he's fast if he's got a mouth on him If he's got you know a crazy childhood story if he has Other talents but having a look at this Victor Cruz pop of the morning Victor Cruz dishes on why he turned down dancing with the stars So it's got Victor Cruz Salsa King That's the name that Joseph Vincent has given to him. So I'm assuming Victor Cruz has got some History I'm assuming he's got some nicknames I'm gonna look up Victor Cruz's top 10 plays with the New York Giants because that's the same video that I looked at for Daniel Jones, so let's do it. Let's start it off with some highlights from the NFL channel I don't even know what position he plays for some reason. I feel like he plays cornerback For some reason. Let's have a look at him Victor Cruz, okay, so it looks young He is young. Is he still playing? No, he's not playing. It seems like he retired early. Why is that? This might be part of the story. Okay, interesting Victor Michael Cruz born November 11th 1986 former American football wide receiver. Okay, so he's not on defense. He's on offense. That's good played college football at UMass, which is the University of Massachusetts Simon's New York Giants is an undrafted free agent in 2010 with the Giants he won Super Bowl. Oh My god, this always fucks me up. I'm 50 With the Giants he won Super Bowl 51 over the New England Patriots and made the 212 Pro Bowl Okay, we've got six foot 204 pounds. He's 33 as of today He played for the Giants from 10 to 16 and went to the Bears for one season as a member of the practice squad Super Bowl champion, how good? Pro Bowl one year, how fucking good? Second team all-pro the year before NFL record 99 yard reception. I've heard about a 99 yard reception Was it his or was it the other guys? I'm not sure first team all-caa, which is colonial athletic Association is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's division one whose full members are located in East Coast States Okay, so that makes sense played college football on the on the East Coast and then ended up playing Professional football on the East Coast too. All right What do we got here his father was African-American his mother was Puerto Rican cruises father died by suicide in 2007 Shit, okay, so it's college career Initially struggled to successfully combine his college studies with his football career and was twice sent home from the University of Massachusetts for academic reasons He only became eligible to play for the University of Massachusetts in 2007 the same year that his father committed suicide but went on to have both a solid college football career and To complete a college degree Cruise finished his career at UMass with 131 catches ranking him fourth on the all-time list Despite the fact he didn't start a game until his junior season now that's saying something He scored 11 touchdowns in his career and had just under 2000 receiving yards He was named a first-team all-colonial athletic Association wide receiver for the years 2008 and 2009 and that is what we just saw Pre-draft measure rules. This is always good. Okay, so he's 182 5 foot 11 and 5 eighths of an inch So he's just done the six foot 206 pounds We'll call it 205 or 47 for the 40 so he's definitely quick as a wide receiver Vertical jump 41 and a half inches broad jump 10 feet 5 and 16 reaps the bench So yeah, he's he's an absolute athlete for sure Quick he he can jump and he's strong And he's a wide out so he's gonna be coming up against the smaller guys of the defense So it you know with with these stats New York Giants who went undrafted He went undrafted that's interesting was signed the day after the draft by the New York Giants They must have They must have been looking at him. Okay, so I could it looks like it's got a you know a bit of a write-up for each of his seasons I'm not gonna read any of that because we're gonna watch the highlights, but what I will read is just his final Little bit here for when he went to the Chicago Bears Okay, so it looks as if oh Fuck okay, so he's got injured. I just saw he had two years of rehab Should I keep reading or should I just watch some highlights or better yet? Should I watch Jason Vincent's video? I think I'm gonna watch that He's gonna give us a He should give us a Pretty complete rundown of what's happened here. He's obviously made that video just after Victor Cruz retired So I think this this should be perfect All right, whilst that's loading. Let's let's continue reading. Okay, so he got after apparently two years of rehab He got released by the Chicago Bears. I'm sorry released by the the Giants and Signed by the Chicago Bears. He signed a one-year deal on September 2nd Which is basically the day before the start of the season. He was released by the Bears There was some speculation that Cruz would return to New York after the Giants lost three receivers for the season Which included Odell Beckham, Jr. However, the Giants apparently never called Cruz which would which likely would have been his last chance to play in the NFL Okay, so he he didn't retire of his own accord which sucks It seemed he was forced to due to injuries and whatever else happened. Okay a year later August 21st 2018 Cruz announced his retirement to join ESPN as an analyst He signed a one-day contract with the New York Giants to officially retire with the team. That is fucking cool And we've got his career stats here 70 games 54 started 303 receptions in the regular season 4549 yards, it's an average of 15 yards per reception, which is fantastic the longest touchdown Sorry the longest reception obviously being 99 yards, which was a touchdown. So 70 games. He scored 25 touchdowns One rushing attempt for three yards and no touchdowns. He had three fumbles and lost all three Post-season they played four games in 2011 where they won the Super Bowl and one game in 2016 in the 2011 post-season Victor Cruz had 21 receptions for 269 yards and an average of 12.8 per reception One touchdown and that's about it. Okay, so after reading all that and before watching him play I feel like You know if you're a Giants fan He's gonna be one of your favorite players if you didn't back the Giants you may have You know not really taken a huge amount of notice of this guy, but clearly I mean Harrison the guy who recommended me look at Victor Cruz has an affiliation with him. He likes him I'm interested to see what this season-ending injury was in 2014 and what kept him out from the entire 2015 season which led him to you know, probably his worst season on record in 2016 and From there being cut So, let's get into it guys. Victor Cruz Salsa king now. I'm assuming I'm assuming having looked at his story. They're calling him Salsa King because of his Post touchdown celebrations. In fact one of them. I just skimmed over before got him fined One thing I will say One thing I will say is that I have not watched One of Joseph Vincent's videos in months and he's one of my favorite content creators So I'm gonna enjoy this. I hope you guys do too So he comes in undrafted and he starts killing it as a rookie wide receiver and Goes to the Super Bowl in his first year or second year When you think that in 2010 he's a special teams guy college free agent Special teams Three touchdowns and missed the full season. Where is he top left? Show me a step The Salsa King is here His career Turn around and get there Undrafted first season in the preseason and he's making plays like that. Yeah, I can understand his reaction Deceptive speed 447 in fact If he's top right that he does have good speed. We're gonna watch this again And he's got the speed to finish that is nice now watch this Let's see. Let's see him on his release because he had some nice speed there Right. He's he's here. Isn't he is he here or this one? Yeah, okay, so he's the inside guy slot receiver Watch this speed off the line. It is it was a pretty in-depth route But the speed off the line is what got him into position in the first place So and then you've got the 41 inch vertical. Sorry. I forgot about that. He's just a solid receiver, isn't he? It's got speed. He's got hops. He's got good hands. He wants it man. He wants it. He was undrafted It's funny, isn't it see seeing a catch seeing a catch from From this angle right there. Okay seeing that still you realize how close You know it was it's a game of inches, right? We always hear that you realize how close that defender was to tipping that ball But if you turn the camera 90 degrees and you watch from the other angle, it seems like it was so far away. It's See look at that that looks as if you know, he's a good two yards away, but it was a lot closer than that We know that don't we? Good speed Victor crew And so he's on ESPN now Come on man Kind of reminds me of Antonio Brown. I'm not gonna lie. Just walking across there. He reminded me of He did what so many others Just literally did not slow down one bit we found out what's behind the salsa dance his late grandmother tournament I just got shivers man. You should see my arms look at them. Look at them goose bumps. So we scored 25 touchdowns We've probably seen most of them There's been a fair few times that Victor cruises speed that I didn't know Whether you know would be elite enough has carried him through to touchdowns Impressive speed impressive speed me 447 is quick, but I'd say he's playing You know in game at What like a 4-4 flat? You know what I mean this the speed and the way he uses it the way he runs onto the ball doesn't slow down It's fantastic. What is it? Is his knee? His shoulder fuck. Where is he man? Let me see that again. That's so weird. Let me watch that So it's his right knee. Let's have a look at that He's jumping off his right leg right now with that step Fuck Happens to the best of them doesn't it All those years All those years of damage to the knee Well done mate well done to come back from that is not a lot of people do Even professional athletes that has fade out Let me listen to that again, sorry You know for a whole year I'm just grateful to have this opportunity again I'm working very very hard to make sure I'm out there on the field for the long The same player that he was before all the From the game for so long. You just want to be able to be in uniform And just run out there again in the game since October of 2014 during groin injury and training camp this year. What is That moment like you're amazing return to the field. Did you even remember like what it felt like or was it just a blur? Definitely was a blur. I was just excited to run out on that field After missing almost two four years due to injury comes back in 2016 Now one thing that Victor Cruz was always known for was his quickness off the line of scrimmage Beckham and Cruz and Victor Cruz is somebody So second everyone is replaceable doesn't matter who you are. It seems wow, okay Victor Cruz all right. There's two things. I want to say Because I am coming to you as a rugby player, right? There are a few reactions that I let go and I do them and I finish it and I'm like fuck I didn't even mention rugby, but I'm constantly thinking I'm constantly You know referring back to to things that I've seen in rugby games in the past when I see things happen in front of me here And there is just one thing that keeps popping up and that is just this whole thing about The documentation of the game of American football any American sports I mean with this new Michael Jordan documentary series. It's been dropped. There has been many Rugby players that have made just as Incredible comebacks as Victor Cruz. I'm putting that out there, but their story has not been told So no one would know about it Someone needs to start documenting the fuck out of rugby That's all I've got to say the next thing I wanted to say is where would I put Victor Cruz on a rugby field? And I would have to say depending on his Ball skills now he can catch but can he pass? Now he can catch but can he kick now he can catch But can he tackle and depending on how good he is all three of those disciplines I would place him possibly on the wing if not one in at center But I don't feel like he's got the bulk To be inside at second five and I don't feel he's gonna have the playmaking ability to be in one more at at number ten And if that doesn't mean anything to you then what I would recommend is going back into my rugby related videos library and Check out some of my rugby videos because I explain a hell of a lot of things I explained about a winger. I explained about a fallback. I explained about being in the back line I explained about side stepping passing kicking tackling among many other things and with that being said guys I hope you have a fantastic day. I've really enjoyed this the next guy that we're going to be looking at in the last For the day is Darius Slaton So with that being said I'll see you in the next one peace out