The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... The Giants’ owners have been talking quite a bit about Cruz, with John Mara saying he wants Cruz back and Steve Tisch saying he thinks Cruz will get an offer from another team. But the man who will ultimately make the decision about how much the Giants pay Cruz next season, or whether he remains on the Giants at all, has decided to stay quiet on the matter. Giants General Manager Jerry Reese told Mike Florio that he is simply going to stay quiet about Cruz and let the situation play out.

Diehards Line: “Well, first of all, with respect to Victor Cruz, the things I can say about Victor is he’s a terrific young man and he’s a terrific football player, but other than that, it’s really inappropriate for me to talk about, you know, what his contract situation is and what might happen, you know. We’re just hoping for the best,” Reese said. When Florio followed up about whether the Giants would have the cap space necessary to match a front-loaded offer from another team, Reese again declined to answer. ... Meanwhile, as PFT's Michael David Smith suggests, Cruz will probably stay with the Giants because restricted free agents almost always stay with their teams: The last time a player tendered at the first-round level signed an offer sheet was 10 years ago, when receiver Laveranues Coles left the Jets for the Redskins. Whatever the case, we'll continue to follow up through resolution.