Wide receiver Victor Cruz is in “shopping” mode, a week after being released by the New York Giants.
Cruz, 30, visited the Carolina Panthers and general manager Dave Gettleman on Monday, a league source told the Charlotte Observer.
Cruz and Gettleman go back to the latter’s days in New York, when Gettleman was the Giants’ pro personnel director when the team signed Cruz as an undrafted free agent in 2010.
The speedy slot receiver went on to post three straight seasons of at least 73 catches and 998 yards in each (including back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons with 1,536 receiving yards in a 2011 campaign capped with a Super Bowl ring), complete with his signature salsa dance moves in the end zone that made him a fan-favorite.