Thoughts on Victor Cruz as a sleeper?

[bksballer89]

If he is actually recovered completely from his injury, I think he is a great value pick late enough in a draft. ODB will see a ton of double teams and also the top CB on the opposing team which means Cruz will be seeing single coverage against the 2nd CB.

I smell a huge year from Cruz.

Agree or nah?

 

[TREFF]

Nah..
a ruptured patella tendon is not something anyone ever comes back %100 from. There will be less speed, less explosion, and limited cutting. I'm not expecting sqwat from Cruz.

One recent example, of a skill position player, is Ryan Williams, who ruptured his 3 years ago and still hadn't played a down yet..it's very much a career threatening, if not ending, injury

 

[SteelersPride]

Nah..
a ruptured patella tendon is not something anyone ever comes back %100 from. There will be less speed, less explosion, and limited cutting. I'm not expecting sqwat from Cruz.

One recent example, of a skill position player, is Ryan Williams, who ruptured his 3 years ago and still hadn't played a down yet..it's very much a career threatening, if not ending, injury

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he may be serviceable for the giants, but i;ll be shocked if hes serviceable for fantasy.......

 

[TKOSpikes]

By the time August rolls around we'll have a much better picture of his value. So no, I don't think he's a sleeper. We'll either know he's healthy and draft him as a low WR2/high WR3 or we'll know he's not gonna be healthy enough for value.

Maybe a waiver add that helps you in December?

 

[Microwahevo]

I actually like him as a "sleeper". Many may be avoiding him bc of the injury, but I think he'll be a great later round addition.

 

[averagejoe]

As of this post, ADP has him going 75th overall (which is the 30th WR taken). Way too early for my taste.

Besides the tendon injury/recovery, the other part that sours me about him is that since his breakout season in 2011, he's produced less each consecutive season.

Could he be a sleeper? Sure. But we're talking round 13 or 14.

 

[SteelersPride]

I actually like him as a "sleeper". Many may be avoiding him bc of the injury, but I think he'll be a great later round addition.

as someone who does therapy, that injury is for real, and really tough to come back from