Cincy Jungle · Nov 25, 2021
Eli Apple had a superb game against the Raiders, per PFF
Last week, I wrote that Eli Apple deserves more respect. The man isn’t a star, but he has made incremental improvement this year.
The article was... not received well.
Apple, who apparently peruses this site, then did me a solid by going out and having his best game yet.
According to Pro Football Focus, against the Las Vegas Raiders, the sixth-year corner played 30 coverage snaps (tied for the team high), was targeted three times, and only surrendered 27 yards. Derek Carr’s passer rating when targeting Apple was 55.6, lower than his rating when targeting any other starting member of the secondary.
