Could recently-released receiver Victor Cruz be a fit for Broncos?

Imagine the end zone salsa dance moves that made Victor Cruz famous on full display in Denver Broncos orange and blue next season.

With Denver having plenty of cap space and a need for a third wide receiver, the Broncos could kick the tires on the free agent wide receiver, ESPN’s Jeff Legwold reports.

And next season Cruz will be forced to take his touchdown moves elsewhere, as the New York Giants released him on Monday in an effort to save money against the salary cap.

Coupled with the release of running back Rashad Jennings, Cruz’s release saves the Giants $10 million in cap space in 2017, per OverTheCap.com.

“Victor is one of the great stories of the National Football League,” Giants general manager Jerry Reese said in a release Monday. “He came in here and earned everything that he’s gotten. It has been amazing to see him grow from an undrafted free agent to a Pro Bowl player and one of our go-to guys during the Super Bowl XLVI run.

“He will always be one of the great Giants.”

So, since Cruz will be a Giant no longer, could the veteran wide receiver end up playing alongside Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sander in Denver next season?

“He could, under the right contractual terms,” Sports Illustrated NFL analyst and writer Andy Benoit told 104.3 The Fan’s Sandy Clough on Monday.

And The Fan’s Football Insider Cecil Lammey agreed. After missing a majority of the 2014 season with a torn patellar tendon and all of 2015 with a calf injury, Cruz proved in 2016 that he can stay “healthy-ish,” Lammey said, and could be worth the Broncos taking a flyer on him.

“But again, it has to be that low, veteran-minimum price,” Lammey said.

Benoit called Cruz a “plug-and-play veteran” with good experience playing both outside and in the slot, but said it was clear in 2016 that Cruz’s “snaps started to diminish.”

“They were giving Roger Lewis more opportunities because Cruz at times really struggled to separate at the top of routes. So how much of that is age? How much of that is knee injuries?” Benoit said. “It almost doesn’t matter, because those are both on his record. Those items aren’t going away.”

After a strong three-year stretch between 2011 and 2013 — with a Pro Bowl campaign in 2012 — Cruz had a statistical drop off.

In a shortened 2014 season due to injury, Cruz mustered just 1 touchdownand 337 yards receiving in six starts.

After missing all of 2015, Cruz saw his role reduced last season, starting just 12 of the 15 games he played and again catching just 1 touchdown on 586 yards receiving.

But new Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy utilizes more wide receivers in his scheme than outgoing head coach Gary Kubiak, Benoit said, so there’s a need at the position in Denver.

“I would imagine Denver will bring one or two guys to at least provide competition, stiff veteran competition,” Benoit said.

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