The New Orleans Saints traded for New York Giants cornerback Eli Apple, Big Blue’s 2016 first round draft pick, this week. But why? What does the 23-year old offer to his new team? To find out, I’ve sampled and linked to two different game tape reviews from Saints experts.
Nick Underhill of the Advocate saw plenty to like in Apple’s 2018 game tape, drawing some of the same conclusions that may have convinced the Saints to bring Apple into their system:
On one play against the Jaguars, Apple threw a jam on wide receiver Donte Moncrief, shadowed him up the sideline, and then broke up a back-shoulder throw.