Saints acquiring CB Eli Apple in trade with Giants

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The New York Giants are trading cornerback Eli Apple, a former first-round draft pick, to the New Orleans Saints, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday.

To acquire Apple, the Saints traded a fourth-round pick in next year's draft and a seventh-rounder in 2020, a source told ESPN.

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Apple, who was selected in the first round of the 2016 draft out of Ohio State, has 23 tackles this season with one forced fumble. He has one interception in his three NFL seasons.

He missed two games earlier this season with a groin injury.

Apple was suspended by the Giants for the final game of the 2017 season for "a pattern of behavior that is conduct detrimental to the team," capping off a tumultuous season that included multiple benchings and some troubling incidents with teammates, coaches and executives while he was dealing with family issues.

After the season, Apple admitted to being "embarrassed" and that "nobody wants to go out the way I went out." He met with general manager Dave Gettleman and coach Pat Shurmur and was given an assurance there would be a clean slate in 2018.

Annie Apple, Eli's mother, on Tuesday thanked the Giants on Twitter for giving "a little football nerd opportunity to live his dream."

The Giants (1-6) lost their fourth straight game on Monday night and remain tied with the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals for the worst record in the NFL.

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