Eli Apple gets clowned on social media for brutal final drive
Eli Apple got cooked by Cooper Kupp during Sunday’s Super Bowl and then got cooked again by social media.
The Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Apple allowed the game-winning score to the Los Angeles Rams receiver Kupp with less than 90 seconds remaining in the fourth. It was part of a brutal final sequence for Apple, who let Kupp get four catches for 39 yards on just that drive alone. Apple also got called for a pass interference on Kupp two plays before the game-winning TD.
Eli Apple vs. Cooper Kupp. Super Bowl on the line. You know how it went. pic.twitter.com/0aV0WbxoSz
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 14, 2022
Twitter quickly put aside their collective differences and banded together to roast Apple. Here were some of the funniest tweets.
Cooper Kupp to Eli Apple https://t.co/NAN1vSSlhI
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 14, 2022
Saints & Giants fans watching Eli Apple on that last play pic.twitter.com/XjfW5B1x26
— 𝓜𝓪𝓽𝓽 ✈️ (@mldiffley) February 14, 2022
Eli Apple trying to guard Cooper Kupp in the fourth quarter pic.twitter.com/gQ2tM29P2I
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) February 14, 2022
You ain’t got no celebrating to do. Open the twitter app @EliApple pic.twitter.com/epLLtb5Zlt
— ‘ (@RicoBanned) February 14, 2022
Eli Apple on the sideline pic.twitter.com/FTYN7bO0tb
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) February 14, 2022
Eli Apple Tomorrow pic.twitter.com/bhplOWapuD
— LeDeVitoSZN (@LeJonesMVP) February 14, 2022
Cooper Kupp when Eli Apple lines up against him pic.twitter.com/gUO9MhABfd
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) February 14, 2022
Apple even got an embarassing edit to his Wikipedia page and also heard it from both Mecole Hardman of the Kansas City Chiefs and Michael Thomas of the New Orleans Saints.
whew, somebody was QUICK to Eli Apple's Wikipedia 😂 #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/A2WO8PXqht
— Stephen Nelson (@StephenNelson) February 14, 2022
@EliApple Wish you was a better corner bro then the game winning touchdown wouldn’t been scored on you 🤷🏾♂️
— Mecole Hardman Jr. (@MecoleHardman4) February 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/MecoleHardman4/status/1493061164040953857
https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1493055039148998656
Granted, Apple was asking for it in the lead up to Super Bowl LVI. He had gotten into it on Twitter in previous weeks with fans of the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints, two of his former teams. Apple even dissed one Chiefs star after the Bengals defeated them in the AFC title game.
Unfortunately for Apple, he could not back up his trash talk with his play on Sunday. Thus, he had to pay the consequences for it and take his L online.
