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Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz wants Mike Sullivan as offensive coordinator.

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NEW YORK -- Victor Cruz wants Mike Sullivan to be the Giants next offensive coordinator.

"Yeah, absolutely," he said today at the X Box Loft in Manhattan where he was promoting the console's NFL applications.

Cruz said he planned to text Sullivan, who was a quarterbacks coach during his last stretch with the Giants, when he had a free moment to see how everything went. Sullivan is interviewing with the team today.

Cruz did not think that the Giants needed to overhaul their offense. Sullivan has been known to run a scheme similar to the "broken" system piloted by Kevin Gilbride, who retired last week.

Instead, Cruz said the Giants just need to see it through a fresh lens.

"I could see that," Cruz said when asked about the perception surrounding the Giants hiring a Gilbride disciple. "But, you know, I think it's just his familiarity with our personnel, with our offense, the one we had. Obviously, he's running a similar offense with Tampa Bay but I'm sure he'll have some tweaks here or there. I just think we need a refresher, I think, more so than people needing a whole big name. A refreshing face that we know, one we're all comfortable with, and we can go from there."



Even though he's excited to see who will be the team's next coordinator, Cruz said he wouldn't forget what Gilbride did for him.

"That was a little tough for me," he said. "That was a guy who believed in me when some people probably didn't, I could just tell he was always on my side, in my corner," he said. "He believed in me when I was just a young FA trying to make the team. But I understand, sometimes you have to retire. He’s been in this game a long, long time. He’s done his thing, two Super Bowls, he’s accomplished a lot in his tenure here. I wish him the best, I’m sure he’s relaxing with his family but he’ll have one eye on the TV screen but I wish him the best."