A day after Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple revealed that an Atlanta Falcons coach asked him if he liked men during an interview at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, a report from D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution indicated the team's inappropriate questions may have been directed toward several players.
"A few players told me the Falcons were asking gender questions," a person familiar with the NFL combine interviewing process and questions told Ledbetter. "After (Michael) Sam and the Jonathan Martin situation, teams want to be careful."
Apple originally revealed that a Falcons coach asked him about his sexual orientation when discussing his combine experience during a Friday appearance on Comcast SportsNet's Breakfast on Broad, but Falcons head coach Dan Quinn quickly released a statement expressing his displeasure with the actions of a member of his staff, per the 700 Level's Enrico Campitelli:
I am really disappointed in the question that was asked by one of our coaches.