04-10-2022, 07:38 PM
(04-10-2022, 06:09 PM)basballguy Wrote: Ughhhhh
He gets roasted because he is a first round bust. The twitter shit is just extra.
Eli Apple played football in the NFL before he came to Cincinnati....I know it's hard for some people to believe. Eli Apple was probably the worst CB in the NFL in his time with NYG and New Orleans. He was like Jimmy Smith bad.
He was definitely better last year than any of his previous years (still bad in my unpopular opinion) but I think Bates and Bell bailed him out a ton.
Eli Apple does not play smart football. Eli Apple has tremendous athletic ability and he uses that to compensate for his poor play. The moment he loses a beat on his speed, he's done in the NFL.
I really don't care one iota what he did in New Orleans or New York. it's pretty irrelevant at this point. He held things down well enough to keep a very expensive player on the bench last year.
If Bates and Bell are bailing everyone out, then why didn't they bail Sims or Phillips out last year?
Like it or not, tremendous athletic ability counts for a whole lot in the NFL, and guys like that with length and speed will always get second chances from coaches that think they can fix them.
He's not a superstar, but for 4 mil, I'l take what he gives them.
