Is Eli Apple The Starting CB?

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(03-29-2022, 11:30 AM)Emeritus Wrote:

I'm not sure he's the starter but this is a team that has a belief in his capabilities. This guy is so polarizing because he has just as many haters as fans. Its interesting to me because if your not going to trade up for a guy or grab a FA then your banking on a player on the current roster to be the starter imo. The class although talented has a starter ready cliff but its certainly deep with potential. Maybe another veteran is the safest path to at least securing the position for a camp battle. Time will tell but I can see it being a topic of discussion moving forward especially after the draft. Thoughts?

He's probably the starter at least going into the draft.

If the Bengals didn't feel great about Apple going against a draft pick for starting reps, maybe a CB like Fabian Moreau could be worth adding still in FA. He started 16 games for the Falcons last year.
While he's not some great starter, he allowed less receptions, yards, yards-per-target, and yards of separation than Apple, per playerprofiler.com.