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New York Giants Big Blue Bylines, 10/14/17: Eli Apple Benched for Disciplinary Reasons (Report)

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When New York Giants fans saw their defense playing without Eli Apple last Sunday, they didn’t fret. Quite honestly, most were pleased with the decision.

Everybody thought the reasoning for his benching came due to poor play. The former first-round Ohio State product has been pretty miserable this season, especially as it pertains to the deep ball.

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It turns out poor performance wasn’t the reason.

NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo has reported that the benching stemmed from poor conduct at practice.