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It was once said about Bill Parcells that he wasn’t happy unless something was wrong. He needed to fix something or he was miserable. The same thing could be said about the New York Giants, every time they seem to get rolling, they stumble only to fix themselves for the better. Last year’s team that eventually won the Super Bowl had to scratch and claw to make the playoffs, let alone go on the road and beat Green Bay and San Francisco in back to back weeks just to make the Super Bowl. Adversity seems to be a good friend to the Giants and dropping two straight games before the bye gave them the strife they needed to stoke their fires. However, in 2012, the Giants are 7-4 and in first place in the NFC East. Victor Cruz feels that the Giants haven’t lost that hunger regardless of what their record or division position says. Cruz spoke to Mike Francesa on WFAN in New York about how the Giants are still a hungry team and that they haven’t changed a bit. “I feel great about this...
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