Victor Cruz has spoken. Will the Giants listen?
Asked about his favorite quarterback in this month’s draft, the former Giants receiver told The Post on Thursday night that Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray is his pick.
“I love Kyler Murray,” he said. “I just love his intangibles.”
The Giants’ interest in Murray has been in doubt, but the Heisman winner raised eyes on Thursday night when he posted a shot of the Giants headquarters on his Instagram page.
Some have projected Murray as the No. 1 pick to the Cardinals, but nothing is set at this stage as Arizona is still deciding what to do with second-year quarterback Josh Rosen. The Giants own the No. 6 and 17 pick in the first round and are in need of an heir apparent to eventually take the place of 38-year-old Eli Manning.
“I’m a guy that loves things that don’t show up in the stat sheet, things that guys see when they put their film on, ‘are you a winner?’ and things of that nature,” the recently retired Cruz explained while chatting at the Hispanic Federation Gala at the American Museum of Natural History.
“He pretty much checks all those boxes, although he’s not 6-4, he definitely checks all those boxes for me.”
Murray did add some speculation as to where he’d like to end up back in February at the NFL scouting combine.
“Love to be in New York. At the end of the day, I don’t pick myself,” he said.