Saints trade for Giants CB Eli Apple: report

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By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

The New Orleans Saints have bolstered their secondary with a trade for New York Giants cornerback Eli Apple, according to a report from ESPN.

The Giants selected Apple out of Ohio State with the 10th overall pick of the 2016 draft. He has one career interception in 30 games with New York. He has broken up five passes and recorded one fumble and one fumble recovery this season.

The ESPN report indicated the Saints are giving up a 2019 fourth-round pick and a 2020 seventh-round pick. That leaves them with one selection in the first four rounds of next year’s draft.

New Orleans traded away its 2019 first-round pick to Green Bay to move up and select pass rusher Marcus Davenport in the first round this year, and it gave up next year’s third-round pick to acquire quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. ...

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