Victor Cruz was glad to sign a long-term deal with the New York Giants, but he did find it hard to accept.

"I'm not going to lie, it's tough," Cruz said on Siriux XM Radio's "The Opening Drive" via the New York Daily News on Tuesday. "When you understand from a numbers standpoint, and the numbers you put up you feel like you deserve a certain amount of money ... and you want your team to owe that to you. You see guys getting these huge paydays and you feel like you're at the same caliber, if not better than some of those guys."

Cruz didn't want to play out the season on his restricted free agent tender.