Giants Suspended CB Eli Apple For Week 17

Update:

Jordan Raanan and Dan Graziano report that Giants CB Eli Apple got into an argument with coaches at practice on Wednesday, including CBs coach Tim Walton.

• According to Ian Rapoport, the suspension stems in part from Apple’s his refusal to take the field with the scout team.

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The New York Giants announced Wednesday that they’ve suspended CB Eli Apple for the final week of the 2017 season.

Apple was notified of the suspension this afternoon in a meeting with interim GM Kevin Abrams and interim HC Steve Spagnuolo.

“We have suspended Eli for a pattern of behavior that is conduct detrimental to the team,” Abrams said.

Apple has really fallen out of favor in New York this season and has even come under criticism from his teammates.

On Tuesday, Landon Collins referred to Apple as a “cancer” before later issuing an apology this morning.

Apple, 22, is a former first-round pick of the Giants back in 2016. He’s currently in the second year of his four-year, $15.152 million contract and stands to make base salaries of $1.82 million and $2.51 million over the final two years of the agreement.

The contract also includes a fifth-year option for the Giants to pick up in 2019.

In 2017, Apple appeared in 11 games and recorded 49 tackles, no interceptions, two fumble recoveries and eight pass defenses.