Speaker 1: Hey, guys, I'm Renee Picquett here hanging out with Eli Apple.
Speaker 1: How are you doing today? What's going on? Well? Is
Speaker 1: it true that you passed up a nap to come
Speaker 1: and hang out here? Yeah? Okay, good ten minutes, oh twenty,
Speaker 1: We'll take it. We will take it. Okay. So I
Speaker 1: was here a couple of weeks ago and us hanging
Speaker 1: out with Cheeto, and we were talking about your fashion. Um,
Speaker 1: what is your take on the Versacci robe behind you?
Speaker 1: What was the thought pros? It was it Versacci? So
Speaker 1: get run through the thought process on like what the
Speaker 1: fashion look was for this? Oh no, I mean I
Speaker 1: had just got it that that week and I was
Speaker 1: really comfortable that day. So I was joking around with
Speaker 1: some guys and oh, you're not gonna wear it at
Speaker 1: Why not just wearing it? What was under the robe? Though?
Speaker 1: It is the big question? Nothing? No, stop it, nothing
Speaker 1: at all? Glad I had covered a little bit. Gotta
Speaker 1: stay comfortable out there. I love it. I love it.
Speaker 1: So you are known, obviously for getting pretty spicy on
Speaker 1: the old Twitter machine. When is like the prime tweeting
Speaker 1: hours for you? Is it like a late at night?
Speaker 1: Is it immediately post game? Do you kind of stew
Speaker 1: on something for a bit, you save things to drafts,
Speaker 1: what goes into the tweets? Oh no, really, just whatever
Speaker 1: I'm feeling at that moment. Yeah, whatever I want to say.
Speaker 1: Whenever I want to get off my chests, I just
Speaker 1: say it. So last year it was just more just
Speaker 1: after some of the games. You know, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of trash talking during the game, so afterwards I always
Speaker 1: like to just get that last laugh and let them
Speaker 1: know that, yeah, y'all wasn't doing anything in this game
Speaker 1: talking about the receivers or anybody. I'm going again. So
Speaker 1: it was just one of those things. We seem a
Speaker 1: little bit more reserved with it so far this season.
Speaker 1: If you kind of like, cool your jets on at
Speaker 1: the vent, it still early, Okay, we're getting there. We're
Speaker 1: gonna get there. How much does like trash talking translate
Speaker 1: to when you're getting on the field. Is that stuff
Speaker 1: that you're thinking about when you're out there? Nah, I
Speaker 1: don't ever think about it. Kind of just if you're
Speaker 1: out there, you're making plays, having fun, it just kind
Speaker 1: of just flows whatever you say. Yeah, who is the
Speaker 1: best trash talker in the entire NFL? And the entire NFL.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, anyone like burns you as
Speaker 1: something that you like, go home and you're like, oh
Speaker 1: my god, I just got roasted with this. I want
Speaker 1: to say that. Okay, I say, like Travis Kelsey going
Speaker 1: against something. He talks a lot, so to me, he's
Speaker 1: probably one of my favorite guys trash talkers. Sure right,
Speaker 1: I like it Twitter versus Instagram. Why do you like
Speaker 1: Twitter more than Instagram? Or do you? Yeah? I think
Speaker 1: Twitter is funnier. I think I find more funny stuff
Speaker 1: on Twitter. Just just the comments, replies under most posts
Speaker 1: and stuff. All that stuff is kind of funny to
Speaker 1: look at. But and I kind of put them in
Speaker 1: the same category as far as like most I used.
Speaker 1: But right, how do you hand the critics that come
Speaker 1: from like whether you're putting out tweets and you're being
Speaker 1: loud and vocal about things. Of course I can kind
Speaker 1: of rear its ugly head from time to time as well.
Speaker 1: How do you handle the other side of things? Yeah,
Speaker 1: just don't really pay attention to it too much. I
Speaker 1: mean it comes with the territory being in a spotlight
Speaker 1: like we are. So yeah, at first, I just used
Speaker 1: to read everything and now trying to transition more is
Speaker 1: just kind of keeping everything away, keeping my focus just
Speaker 1: on the game. How was it though? When you are
Speaker 1: like it takes a second to like figure out, like, Kay,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna look at this. I'm not gonna look
Speaker 1: at it, not gonna look All of a sudden, the
Speaker 1: apps opening your phone, You're like, oh my god, why
Speaker 1: am I looking at this again? Like what was that
Speaker 1: like for you? Kind of seeing some of those things.
Speaker 1: And I guess that like Matt and maturation process of
Speaker 1: like not wanting to read all that stuff. I'm a
Speaker 1: vet in this now. So yeah, I've been dealing with
Speaker 1: it since high school, since college, so it on really
Speaker 1: phades me as much as it used to. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's more just about like family seeing it and stuff
Speaker 1: like that. They always hit me up or whatever, so
Speaker 1: that's the only thing, but you don't really bother me.
Speaker 1: So funny you say that, because I've had something similar WARLD, Like,
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, I see my mom's in like
Speaker 1: my Instagram comments. I'm like, oh my god, what's happening here?
Speaker 1: She's like talking trash to people. I'm like trying to
Speaker 1: delete them really quickly. Your mom can be vocal on
Speaker 1: Twitter as well. What do you guys talk about that?
Speaker 1: Do you ever calling You're like, mom, stop or do
Speaker 1: you like encourage it? Not like I used to, but
Speaker 1: she's calmed down. Yeah, let's talk about your mom a bit.
Speaker 1: I mean, being raised by such an independent, vocal, like
Speaker 1: seemingly badass woman, what did you kind of take away
Speaker 1: from being raised being raised from a woman like that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: she's the strongest person I know, first and foremost, super
Speaker 1: loving Karen. I just has a big heart and does
Speaker 1: everything she can just to make my life grown up easier.
Speaker 1: So I always just appreciate her, trying to talk to
Speaker 1: her at least once a day or whenever I can run.
Speaker 1: This is he scheduled. But she's in Ghana right now.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, I moved out there earlier this year. Wow,
Speaker 1: she lives out there now, lives out there. She hasn't
Speaker 1: been to a game yet this year, but she will
Speaker 1: be the Atlanta Games. Oh amazing. That's awesome, very very cool.
Speaker 1: But yeah, when I was like doing all my research,
Speaker 1: I'm like reading about your mom, Like, wow, look at
Speaker 1: her go. She's like busy and booked and busy out
Speaker 1: there doing it. All, you're a vegan, I assume as
Speaker 1: an athlete you maybe have to do it a little
Speaker 1: bit more delicately to make sure you're getting all the
Speaker 1: things that you need to do. What all went into
Speaker 1: that for you? Yeah, just doing research, watching a lot
Speaker 1: of documentaries, and it was a long, gradual process. It
Speaker 1: wasn't something I just did out of nowhere. It kind
Speaker 1: of took me a little a little bit too. But
Speaker 1: I've been consistent with it for about two years now,
Speaker 1: and the chefs here have been really accommodating, you know, breakfast, lunch,
Speaker 1: and dinner, helping me get what I need, So I
Speaker 1: definitely appreciate them. What are some of the biggest differences
Speaker 1: you've noticed since switching over to veganism? Just being better
Speaker 1: discipline and not you know, thinking about all, let me
Speaker 1: just eat this fast food spot like. Of course, you
Speaker 1: can't just eat whatever anymore or just eat junk food
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So I think I'm more discipline, and
Speaker 1: I think that's helping me, you know, stay discipline on
Speaker 1: and off the field as well. Yeah, certainly, certainly. Um, Okay,
Speaker 1: what else goes into your fashion? Because you definitely put
Speaker 1: together some really great outfits. We see the walk ups
Speaker 1: to the building, getting to the stadium. What are some
Speaker 1: of your favorite go to lucks? Anything really that's comfortable. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I try to change it up a little
Speaker 1: bit this year, but you know, so far, I like
Speaker 1: the suit because I haven't really worn a suit too much,
Speaker 1: so the wool suit was real comfortable, So I'll say
Speaker 1: that one so far. Yeah, food, They're really nice looking
Speaker 1: at the defense so far this year. I mean, you
Speaker 1: guys have just been in such a great groove and
Speaker 1: you were like there right now, what can you kind
Speaker 1: of a trip some of that too, to kind of
Speaker 1: locking into that so quickly into the season. Absolute the
Speaker 1: coaches first and foremost putting us in good positions, and
Speaker 1: I'll say just the camaraderie of the guys being together
Speaker 1: for our second year now. Just everybody being able to
Speaker 1: communicate with each other and kind of just play off
Speaker 1: each other and understand where everybody's gonna be at, and
Speaker 1: just having out awareness on the field and situational awareness.
Speaker 1: That's the most important thing for us. So just getting
Speaker 1: off the fielding third down and getting turnovers is what
Speaker 1: we've really really been harping on. Yeah, what are sort
Speaker 1: of your main goals for this season, I mean coming
Speaker 1: off of last season and now here we are, I
Speaker 1: mean heading into week five. Where are you at mentally?
Speaker 1: What are some of the goals that you've set for yourself?
Speaker 1: Where you at? I want to get as much turnovers
Speaker 1: as we can, get the offense back on the field,
Speaker 1: get off the fielding third down stuff like that. You personally, personally,
Speaker 1: of course, you want to be Pro Bowl, all Pro
Speaker 1: and that comes with getting turnovers and playing your best
Speaker 1: ball and important games and games like this. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I definitely want to go out there and you know,
Speaker 1: make a name for yourself and also continue to get
Speaker 1: better as a defense. What is your role in the
Speaker 1: locker room? Your role? Your role in the locker room?
Speaker 1: Because it seems like a lot of you guys are
Speaker 1: pretty like calm, cool, collected, and I feel like you
Speaker 1: can kind of get you have like a big personality.
Speaker 1: How does that kind of fit into the locker room
Speaker 1: or how do you sort of wear that? Yeah, we
Speaker 1: got a lot of great leaders and guys that are
Speaker 1: just you know, stone cold and you know, just always serious.
Speaker 1: I kind of try to add a little bit flair
Speaker 1: and fun but also bring my own energy to practice.
Speaker 1: And not just try to just go about like every
Speaker 1: day is just a regular day, because it's not. So
Speaker 1: I just try to bring a little fire energy to
Speaker 1: the group. Yeah. Um, when you get home after a game,
Speaker 1: you finally get home, you walk to the door. What
Speaker 1: is the first thing you do? What is like the
Speaker 1: first like, Eli, this is your time, this is your
Speaker 1: wind down? What do you do for you? Lay down?
Speaker 1: Come one? By that time, I'm so tired from meetings
Speaker 1: and practice and my body is so beat up. I
Speaker 1: kind of just go right to my iPad. I'll watched
Speaker 1: the film or you know, talk to my mom something
Speaker 1: like that. Put them on some Netflix. What are you
Speaker 1: putting on Netflix? What are your like non football things?
Speaker 1: I like a lot of things. Right now, I've been
Speaker 1: watching document Oh my god, is it not horrifying? Is
Speaker 1: I don't even finish it because I can't same? Oh
Speaker 1: my god, I was just watching that like yesterday. Did
Speaker 1: you watch anything to lighten the mood after watching that?
Speaker 1: Because it is heavy? Yeah, I always gotta watch like
Speaker 1: a funny movie or something after Yeah, ye oh my god,
Speaker 1: that show like tripped me out. I was like, well,
Speaker 1: I had no idea, like what the whole story was
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my good God, so viewers beware.
Speaker 1: I well, Eli, thank you so much for hanging out
Speaker 1: with me. I really appreciate taking the time. Best of
Speaker 1: luck this week and the rest of the season, and
Speaker 1: hopefully I'll see you around. Thanks for having me for sure.