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Geno Smith is Blue Apron

Business Insider / Anaele Pelisson

Both New York Giants quarterback Geno Smith and meal kit delivery company Blue Apron had their big opportunities derailed at the last minute by a vicious external source.

Two seasons ago, Smith was set to be the starting quarterback for the crosstown New York Jets, until a teammate broke his jaw over a small money dispute. Just recently, Blue Apron was set to go public at a robust valuation, before Amazon announced its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods, spooking investors worried about increased competition in the meal kit delivery space. Smith lost his job, never to regain it, while Blue Apron was forced to make a major cut to its initial public offering valuation.

Now that Smith is on the Giants, you still won’t be seeing him much, if at all, this season. He’s currently embedded as the back-up to incumbent Eli Manning, a two-time Super Bowl champion. Meanwhile, Blue Apron is trading 48% below its already-trimmed public offering price, and its future looks grim.

Now some of you may be thinking that Blue Apron is not a actually tech stock. But Geno Smith is similarly not actually a starting quarterback in the NFL, so a stretch has been made in this particular case.