Possibly the most painful part of the Cincinnati Bengals’s 30-26 win on Sunday for New Orleans Saints fans was watching Eli Apple play a role in how the game was decided.
There were moments when Apple struggled against a receiving corps decimated by injuries, but he did come up with a nice hit on Taysom Hill on a run play and the Saints failed to take advantage of multiple opportunities when Saints receivers appeared to beat Apple in the secondary.
The decisive moment in the game came when Saints QB Andy Dalton tossed deep to Marquez Callaway down the right sideline on a 4th down play with 34 seconds remaining. The pass was a little to the inside and Apple was defending Callaway on the play.
Apple appeared to dive a little too early to make a play on the ball, but Callaway could never get past Apple to have a shot at catching it.
The Bengals took over on downs and ran out the clock to improve to 3-3 and drop the Saints to 2-4.
Not long after the game, Apple took to Twitter to send out a message to all the Saints fans who made jokes on his behalf ever since he went after the city of New Orleans and the team’s fans.
“Who Dey > Who Dat,” Apple said in a tweet, referring to favorite chants for both teams.
Who Dey > Who Dat ✌🏿
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) October 16, 2022
Dropping to 2-4 hurts, but watching Apple walk away the winner is probably the toughest part for the Saints faithful.
