Eli Apple

Eli Apple came damn close to achieving the impossible this season: Making the Bengals unlikeable. His penchant for undeserved trash talk, ...

We were so close to the talk of the game not being a late hit OOB, or even Eli Apple being a fool, but the decision to short punt late in the game. It was the immediately, visceral understanding in real time of a player making the biggest mistake of his career — and he knew what happened. We can analyze what it would take to drag Philly into deep water and turn this game into a shootout — and whether the Eagles could hang in an offensive game like that, but for now let’s just appreciate that Mahomes’ wife is dunking on Eli Apple too. NFL officiating is trash, and there were much worse calls in the game that whether or not it was truly an intentional hit out of bounds. It was simply a case of the Chiefs managed to hold on and make a few pivotal plays when they mattered the most. Philadelphia is a more complete football team across all three phases, but the Chiefs still have Patrick Mahomes. When the dust settled the story of why the Chiefs won is the same as why they’ve been winning for years no. “Made your mom delete Twitter” is a level of absolute and complete destruction only the Chiefs were capable of, and they were more than glad to put it all together. This has been Mahomes’ best season as a quarterback, because in many ways it’s the first year he’s really faced adversity. It was also about what they didn’t do in contrast to the Bengals, and we’ll circle back to Joseph Ossai’s unfortunate game-ending play later. This team managed to overcome a It feels like we’re running all this back, unlike other teams who have been bounced from the playoffs.

Viral video shows Kansas City Chiefs players ridiculing Cincinnati Bengals' Eli Apple in the locker room following AFC Championship Game.

“Eli Apple, I’m (going to) smoke one for you,” said Thornhill in the video while holding up a cigar. Saunders also mentioned the cigar-smoking Joe Burrow. [warned, there is cursing in the full video](https://twitter.com/GameArmourGame/status/1619902452727439363):

The Chiefs booked their trip to the Super Bowl with a 23-20 win over the Bengals in the AFC Championship game, but in the build up Cincinnati and its fans ...

Brittany Mahomes eventually took to Twitter on Friday night, branding Pureval 'WEAK and embarrassing' in response to the Kansas City mayor, Quinton Lucas, defending Mahomes and the Chiefs. She also shared a clip of Patrick Mahomes Snr. Brittany branded the taunts 'weak and embarrassing' as she leapt to the defense of her husband in response to Cincinnati mayor Aftab Pureval's remarks Cincinnati mayor Aftab Pureval used an official proclamation on Friday to try and antagonize Mahomes in the build up to Sunday's game The Bengals had referred to the Chiefs' stadium as Burrowhead referencing Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow's former 3-0 record in Kansas City lighting a victory cigar after the Chiefs win, pinning the location as 'Burrowhead' - the nickname the Bengals had been calling Arrowhead Stadium in reference to Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow's former 3-0 record in Kansas City.

Ex-New York Giants Eli Apple and Kadarius Toney remained true to form on Sunday night and the post-game trolling of Apple was relentless.

[January 30, 2023] Listed with an ankle injury. Although it wasn’t his hamstring, KT was forced to leave the game after suffering an ankle injury on the play. The drop ultimately cost Kansas City four points as they were forced to settle for a field goal. The 20th overall pick in 2021 was sent to Kansas City earlier this season. His [January 30, 2023] [@EliApple]this you bro? Hard to tell from this angle if he rolled it when he plants, but that would be the assumption. [his disdain for Giants fans](https://giantswire.usatoday.com/2022/01/24/eli-apple-unloads-new-york-giants-orleans-saints-fans-dont-know-who-i-hate-more/). [January 29, 2023] Toney would haul in his next target — a nine-yard gain — but that would be it for him on the night. He [fell out of favor](https://giantswire.usatoday.com/2022/10/19/ex-new-york-giants-jonathan-casillas-rips-eli-apple-a-little-brat/) with his teammates and coaches and was shipped out of East Rutherford after less than two seasons.