Report: Raiders' deal with former Saints CB Eli Apple falls through

The Raiders agreed to a one-year, $6M deal with cornerback Eli Apple during the first wave of the free-agency period, but that agreement has since fallen through, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com. While Schefter doesn’t indicate exactly why Apple’s deal with Las Vegas is being nixed, the cornerback does have a recent injury history that theoretically could have played a role. An ankle injury forced the 24-year-old to miss the Saints’ final regular-season game and divisional-round contest against the Vikings. Given the COVID-19 crisis, players aren’t able to conduct normal physicals with team medical staffs, so it’s possible Apple’s ankle issue was a factor in the undoing of his pact. Apple, a first-round pick in the 2016 draft, spent the first two-and-a-half years of his career with the Giants before being dealt to New Orleans ahead of the 2018 trade deadline. He went on to start 20 total games with the Saints, and his performance was something close to average, as Pro Football Focus graded him as the

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