Eli Apple Logged On, Called Tyreek Hill a 'Baby' and Posted His Heart Out
By Kyle Koster
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple was torched with some regularity during the first half of the AFC Championship Game. A Kansas City Chiefs' blowout seemed inevitable before he made what proved to be the most important play of the game by bringing down Tyreek Hill at the one-yard line when failing to do so would have meant a 28-10 deficit, plus Patrick Mahomes getting the football to begin the third quarter.
Without this tackle, the bengals don't win this game. That is why Eli apple is the GOAT pic.twitter.com/PwY7Wasewr
— ¤ (@bcky___) January 30, 2022
We all know the rest. Mahomes disappeared, Joe Burrow ascended, and destiny took over. The Bengals will be playing in the Super Bowl. The Chiefs will have a full offseason to sit dumfounded, trying to figure out just what in the hell happened.
Apple was able to incorporate some screen time into his reveling, and went on an impressive run of posting.
Oh yea that chiefs cheetah pack finna hit way crazier the 2nd time ???
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 30, 2022
No new friends
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 30, 2022
He’s a baby ! @cheetah https://t.co/M6GIKF7igP
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 30, 2022
Hill, as one would imagine, did not much appreciate being called a baby.
No Twitter beef big dog just hit my line https://t.co/OxGkxTpwh3
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) January 30, 2022
When you walk in the lions den you don’t walk in top toeing nah you kick that door down screaming like a banshee and say where them mfers at ?
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 30, 2022
Down 11 at the half that Def stepped up ! Put some respect on our names ✌?
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 31, 2022
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 31, 2022
Aye @MecoleHardman4 @cheetah dm me yall number and I’ll hook yall up wit them super bowl tickets on me ??
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 31, 2022
One one hand, you could act like you've been there before. On the other, why not empty the clip just in case you never get there again? Apple, who dropped what would have been a game-winning interception in overtime, could have flown to the moon on a potent cocktail of joy and relief. Through that lens, he showed tremendous restraint in the posting realm.