Giants head coach Tom Coughlin has looked around his team's practice for too long now and not seen wide receiver Victor Cruz out there with the others.Cruz sat out practice on Tuesday as the aches and pains related to a calf injury still play themselves out. He said he would be back in the coming days after missing two practices last week, but his absence has worn on his coach.
"Concerned? Yeah," Coughlin said when asked if he was worried about how long it has taken for Cruz to come back from his injury. "Because obviously there were a couple of slotted opportunities. Yeah, yeah I am."
Prior to the calf problem, Cruz had been recovering nicely from the torn patellar tendon he suffered in a Sunday night game last season in Philadelphia. The calf issue is not related to the original knee concern, however, but it is another reason for him to not be involved with the progress of the team.
Coughlin added that Cruz is day-to-day with the calf, but if he fails to show at practice this week, he would sit out the Giants' next exhibition tilt against the Jets.
"I would like to see him get out there and be able to stay out there," Coughlin said. "As soon as that can be done, that's possible, then that's what would happen."
Should Cruz miss what would be the team's third game this summer, Coughlin didn't rule out the possibility of playing him in their fourth, against New England, if need be. Teams usually sit their starters in the preseason finale, but with the time Cruz has been away overall, any action, he feels, is worth getting him back into the rhythm of things.
Judging by their preseason effort thus far, they could use him.
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