Giants legend Victor Cruz poses large Arch Manning query as franchise will get set for quarterback search

The Daniel Jones Period in East Rutherford, New Jersey, has all however formally come to an finish, because the New York Giants have benched their franchise quarterback with the expectation that they are going to choose out of his contract following what has been a tumultuous 2024 season. 

Head coach Brian Daboll confirmed the studies that Jones was moved to 3rd string and Tommy DeVito, who has been in that place all season, was vaulted to beginning quarterback. DeVito gained three video games as a starter final season with Jones and Tyrod Taylor each damage. 

However DeVito probably is not the longer term at quarterback for the Giants, regardless of being a fan favourite. That leaves Daboll, normal supervisor Joe Schoen and the remainder of the group scrambling again into the warfare room to determine the age-old query for any NFL group: The place can we discover a franchise quarterback?

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New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones watches throughout the second half of an NFL soccer recreation towards the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Munich, Germany.  (AP Picture/Lennart Preiss)

There are a number of faculties of thought, however Giants legend Victor Cruz has one other query that will probably be answered in due time. 

How badly do the Giants need Arch Manning – the nephew of the person who used to throw Cruz passes that led to his salsa landing celebrations, Eli Manning.

“Nicely, it’s attention-grabbing, proper? I’ve already achieved this little psychological deep dive on this,” Cruz advised Fox Information Digital concerning the Giants’ quarterback scenario, whereas additionally discussing his partnership with Captain Morgan. “So, the query is, if I’m a Giants GM, if I’m John Mara, if I’m these guys up high, do I need Arch Manning?”

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Arch is a sophomore within the Texas Longhorns’ soccer program, however he has but to be a starter with Quinn Ewers working Steve Sarkisian’s offense the previous two seasons, together with 2024. 

Nevertheless, the expectation is Arch will take his place as the following nice Manning within the NFL on the quarterback place, and he is already proven flashes of what he can do that season when he needed to take over for an injured Ewers. 

So, whereas some Giants followers will count on a rookie quarterback to be drafted with a excessive decide – the Giants presently personal the fourth general decide if the season ended at present – Cruz thinks that is the query that must be answered first in pursuit of the following nice Giants quarterback. 

Former New York Large, Victor Cruz, interacts with the followers at MetLife Stadium, November 26, 2023. (IMAGN)

“Is it a factor the place we have now a stopgap 12 months, the place we simply draft expertise, we draft guys, we construct our roster? After which the next 12 months, you bought to do all the things you may to get Arch Manning,” he detailed. “Commerce up, commerce down, commerce left, commerce proper. You gotta work out how you can get Arch Manning, if that’s what you need, as a result of he’s going to place butts within the seats, he’s gonna have the Manning aura round him, which clearly New York followers know and love very properly.

“Is it a stopgap 12 months, and we go get Arch, or is it Shedeur [Sanders] or is it Cam Ward, which I really like each of these guys, and I wouldn’t be mad if these guys had been carrying blue subsequent season as properly?”

Sanders, the son of Deion Sanders, has shined for the Colorado Buffaloes, whereas Miami’s Cam Ward persistently leads his group to victory even within the face of adversity, a top quality Cruz likes to see from a quarterback. 

These two are anticipated to be among the many high quarterbacks taken within the 2025 Draft, whereas Arch will not be capable to declare till the next 12 months. Ewers can even come out of Texas this 12 months, making manner for Arch to be the only real starter in Austin, the place many consider his draft inventory as a excessive first-rounder will probably be cemented.

Arch Manning #16 of the Texas Longhorns scrambles within the third quarter towards the Texas Tech Pink Raiders at Darrell Ok Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2023 in Austin, Texas.  (Tim Warner/Getty Photos)

“I feel he’s additionally a baller,” Cruz mentioned of Arch. “I feel he’s sooner than any Manning we’ve seen to this point. We will throw it, he has that factor about him, and I feel he’s a fantastic participant.”

There isn’t any doubt the Giants’ quarterbacks room will probably be vastly totally different in 2025, however the group should work out what the proper transfer is when it comes to filling it. Giving Arch the chance to comply with down his uncle’s path would probably imply having one other down season to safe a excessive draft decide, or buying and selling away a bunch of different picks to maneuver up for the chance to take him. 

And what’s to not say Arch would not keep for his senior season in 2026, opting to return out for the 2027 Draft as a substitute?

To counteract that chance, do the Giants merely use the highest decide they’re anticipated to have this 12 months to seize a rookie quarterback, maybe usher in a veteran as properly, and hope they will compete once more in 2025?

It is by no means a thought any group needs to have heading into Week 12 of the season, however at 2-8 following the bye week, and the analysis of Jones leading to his benching, the Giants need to be interested by what to do subsequent even with a number of video games left on the slate. 

Victor Cruz believes the Giants have an enormous Arch Manning query to reply when it comes to their quarterback of the longer term. (IMAGN)

GETTING CREATIVE WITH CAPTAIN MORGAN

Whereas Cruz is attempting to reply the Giants’ quarterback query, he’s additionally enthusiastic about his newest collaboration with Captain Morgan, particularly what he and clothier KidSuper cooked up as a part of the corporate’s “Comply with the Captain” scavenger hunt. 

Cruz mentioned how a lot enjoyable he had making a crewneck sweater with KidSuper that pays homage to his trademark landing dance. 

“Our crewnecks are dropping with myself, Captain Morgan, KidSuper. [The crewnecks] undoubtedly embody my type, like my swagger, bought the little salsa love on there as properly,” Cruz mentioned. “I’m undoubtedly enthusiastic about this one, not only for individuals to go on the market and see it and put on it and buy it, however to only be a part of the crew. I feel getting this crewneck makes you a part of the squad, a part of the group. So, once you see me exterior, and also you’re rocking your crewneck, and I’m rocking mine, it simply brings all of it collectively and brings that group environment collectively.”

Victor Cruz poses in Captain Morgan crewneck sweater, which he helped create in collaboration with clothier KidSuper (Captain Morgan)

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The crewnecks are dropping on KidSuper.com, however as soon as they promote on the market, followers can head to FollowTheCaptain.com for an opportunity to win merch, NFL tickets and way more as a part of the scavenger hunt. 

“Captain Morgan, they only love journey. They love scavenger hunts, they love doing issues for his or her followers. Not simply making it simple for followers, however making it thrilling and making it enjoyable.”

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