Giants Part With Inconsistent Cornerback
The New York Giants traded former 2016 first-round pick Eli Apple to the New Orleans Saints for a pair of draft picks on Tuesday afternoon.
The New York Giants will receive a 2019 fourth-round pick and seventh-round pick for the former Ohio State alum.
Apple had struggled in his two-plus seasons for Big Blue, giving up big plays and penalties along the way.
He was looked at as the best available cornerback during the 2016 NFL Draft, but the Giants, who had hoped he could be an answer for a secondary now led by Pro Bowler Landon Collins, lost faith in the 23-year-old corner.
While Apple showed flashes, the Giants likely felt it was time to move away from the cornerback who appeared to be an unpopular member in the Giants locker room.
Just last season Giants safety Landon Collins made some startling remarks near the end of the 2017 regular-season as he labeled Eli Apple a “cancer”.
“There is only one corner who needs to grow up and we all know who that is,” Collins said during a radio interview last December. “That would be the only person I would change out of our secondary group. Besides, the other two guys, [Rodgers-Cromartie] and [Janoris Jenkins], I love those two guys. They play hard. They love what they do. That first pick…he’s a cancer.”
For the Giants, there aren’t enough players right now who should be shipped out.
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