The back-and-forth between a few Kansas City Chiefs players and Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple doesn’t appear ready to calm down anytime soon.
In the moments after Apple’s Bengals lost Super Bowl 56 to the Los Angeles Rams, 23-20, the Kansas City wideouts Tyreek Hill and Mecole Hardman couldn’t wait to mock the defender and made sure to tag him on social media so he could see it.
Apple was in the unfortunate position of having to take on Rams’ megastar—and Super Bowl 56 MVP—Cooper Kupp in single coverage on what became the game-winning touchdown. As that last sentence makes clear, Apple was unsuccessful in his attempt to prevent the score.
COOPER KUPP FOR THE LEAD!
📺: #SBLVI on NBC
📱: https://t.co/K02y40b5Nu pic.twitter.com/vhHjVNRsnC— NFL (@NFL) February 14, 2022
Got heeee😂😂😂
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) February 14, 2022
😂😂😂
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) 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
@EliApple It’s cool big bro! You might get one of these one day 🥺 but in the mean time just go get better at your craft ✌🏾 pic.twitter.com/y6ZJN5zkgS
— Mecole Hardman Jr. (@MecoleHardman4) February 14, 2022
There’s adding insult to an already brutal championship loss, and then there’s waving your own title ring in the face of a player who came less than two minutes from earning one for himself.
Yet this feud has been building for weeks—ever since the Bengals topped the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game with Apple making a few noteworthy stops against the Chiefs’ playmakers.
They started yapping on Twitter shortly after the AFC Championship ended.
He’s a baby ! @cheetah https://t.co/M6GIKF7igP
— Eli Apple (@EliApple) January 30, 2022
No Twitter beef big dog just hit my line https://t.co/OxGkxTpwh3
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) January 30, 2022
Yeah Hit my line too… ✌🏾 https://t.co/YkiWu9NRg9
— Mecole Hardman Jr. (@MecoleHardman4) 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
This doesn’t look like a situation where any player will have the last laugh for quite a bit. Hill might not have wanted any Twitter beef, but he’s sure enjoying his participation now.
The same goes for Hardman, who may have been the biggest Kupp fan outside of Los Angeles on Sunday night.
