You can’t tell former Carolina Panthers cornerback Eli Apple anything right now. After all, the guy’s about to be playing in the biggest game in all professional sports in a few weeks.
But Matt Rhule, reportedly upon parting ways with the defensive back last season, did indeed try to tell him something.
According to a “very close source” cited by Panthers beat writer Sheena Quick, Rhule allegedly told Apple he’d “never play anywhere again” after cutting him from the team in 2020. The 2016 first-round pick, after signing a one-year, $3 million deal that offseason, was released on Oct. 27 after appearing in just two games for Carolina.
