Embattled Giants cornerback Eli Apple may face discipline from the team after his tweets during Sunday’s loss to the Cowboys, according to ESPN’s Jordan Raanan.
Apple, who was inactive Sunday for the fourth straight game, sent a handful of fairly innocuous tweets during the game but also turned heads by retweeting a post praising Dallas running back Rod Smith for his 81-yard touchdown catch that put the game out of reach. Smith is a former college teammate of Apple’s at Ohio State. One Twitter user pointed out that Apple and Smith are no longer teammates, to which Apple replied “I’ll always be a Buckeye tho.