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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York Giants rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said he needs to \"step up\" now that receiver Victor Cruz is reportedly out for the season with a torn patellar tendon\u200B, according to NJ.com.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cruz sustained the injury while attempting to catch a touchdown pass during Sunday night's 27-0 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. He had to be carted off the field, at which point Beckham wanted to say something to his teammate.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;FARRAR: Giants' momentum skids to a halt in loss to Eagles&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I told him, I said, 'Big Bro, I've got you.' I have to step up,\" Beckham said. \"All of the receivers have to step up. The offense. Everybody on the team has to step up. I just told him, I said, 'I got you' because he's had me since Day One. That's the only thing that I feel like is the right thing to do \u2014 play for him.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sunday was just Beckham's second career NFL game after missing the first four due to a hamstring injury. Last week against Atlanta, he caught his first career touchdown pass. In the loss to the Eagles, the rookie had two catches for 28 yards.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cruz was New York's leading receiver each of the last two years. He had 23 catches for&amp;nbsp;337 yards and a touchdown in six games this season.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;\u200B&lt;strong&gt;KING:&amp;nbsp;Is best still to come for Cleveland Browns?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beckham was the No. 12 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft and was third-team AP All-America last season at LSU.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Giants (3-3) play the Cowboys (5-1) in Dallas on Sunday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em &gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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