During yesterday's meeting with the media, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz , who hobbled in on crutches, was upbeat and confident he'll be ready and suited up for the franchises Week 1 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys.

"Hopefully I can be back before then" he said. "But I do see myself envision myself out here on the practice field getting ready for that Cowboys game getting ready to go down to Texas to play those guys. That's what I do envision.''

Giants coach Tom Coughlin, however, wouldn't say whether the injury would be short-term, but also didn't have the same confidence about it like Cruz did.

"Hopefully it's not going to be a long time. Who knows? I don't know that'' said Coughlin. "He feels better from one day to the next which is a good thing. Now if you look at him you say 'Oh my God he's on crutches and a boot.' So they're doing all kinds of stuff to make sure that he doesn't put any pressure on it. But he did feel better.''

Cruz got injured in Sunday's 20-12 preseason loss to the Indianapolis Colts  when he went deep for the ball and cornerback Greg Toler was called for pass interference and then landed on top of Cruz.

"On the way down the defender's weight landed on top of mine on one single foot. I felt it go numb and knew something was wrong immediately'' Cruz said. "The MRI just showed some blood in there in the area where the swelling is and that was about it. No tear nothing wrong with the bone. Everything's fine which is a good sign which is what I was worried about.''

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