In spite of his relatively successful employment, arguably the two things one is most likely to know about Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple is the fact that he was considered a first-round bust, and the fact that he has a big mouth.
The former 10th-overall pick has somewhat rehabilitated his image as an NFL player over the past two seasons with the Bengals, managing to reform himself into a reasonably stable, if no better than average, starter. As per the latter, he has no intentions of changing that no matter where he plays.
“I’ll leave that chip on my shoulder no matter what”, Geoff Hobson quotes him as telling reporters recently for the team’s website.