New York Giants’ Abdul Carter benched in first quarter vs. Patriots | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

BIG HITS, GET THE GUYS OFF THE FIELD BEFORE THEY GET THEMSELVES HURT. LIKE JAYDEN DANIELS DID A FEW WEEKS AGO ABDUL CARTER TOP 5 DRAFT. PICK A LOT OF HYPE BETWEEN HIM. BRIAN BURNS, KAYVON TIBIDO. ALL THE HAVOC. THEY COULD WREAK. CARTER WAS BENCHED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAST NIGHT’S GAME. SECOND TIME THAT’S HAPPENED TO HIM THIS SEASON. HE SAID, AFTER THE GAME, AND I’M NOT GOING TO QUOTE HIM AGAIN. I’M TRYING TO BE, I’M TRYING TO BE NOT JUST NOT JUST BECAUSE WE’RE ON NBCSN NOW BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S OFF ON THE SHELF TIME AND YOU KNOW, YEAH. HELP YOU THOUGH, MAN. WANT TO GET A GOOD GIFT BUT ANYWAY, HE SAID STUFF HAPPENS. I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS. STUFF HAPPENS MIKE. KAFKA THE INTERIM HEAD. COACH SAID IT WAS MY DECISION, MY DECISION, ONLY ANYTHING ELSE. OUTSIDE OF IT IS GOING TO BE KEPT IN-HOUSE. SO ABDUL CARTER DID SOMETHING TO GET HIMSELF, BENCHED FOR A FULL QUARTER AND AGAIN IT’S THE SECOND TIME IT’S HAPPENED. AND HEY, LOOK. WHO WAS A GREAT PLAYER. ON A TEAM THAT WAS ALWAYS COMPETITIVE AT PENN STATE, HE COME TO THE NFL AND YOUR TEAM IS CRAP. I’M SORRY. BUT THE TEAM IS PERFORMING AT A CRAP LEVEL THIS YEAR. THAT’S A TOUGH PILL, FOR A GUY TO SWALLOW, AND YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE, ROOKIE WALL. LIKE DONE. NOW I GOT TO KEEP GOING 5 MORE GAMES. GIVE ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE. AND AND IT WAS WEIRD CUZ LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE’RE DOING THE GAME AND YOU KNOW, THE PR PERSON COMES UP STAIRS AND LIKE, HEY WE’RE EXPECTING TIBIDO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TWEET THAT CAME OUT SO PEOPLE WEREN’T 100% SURE. AND AS FAR AS THE PR STAFF KNEW STARTER WE COULD SEE EARLY ON THE DEFENSE WAS ON THE FIELD AND CARTER NEVER TOOK OFF HIS JACKET. HE HAD THE BIG JACKET ON. YOU HAD TO ZOOM IN LIKE I I TOOK OUT MY PHONE AND ZOOMED IN ON THE BENCH JUST TO SEE THE 51 ON THE BACK OF HIS HELMET. LIKE HE KNEW HE WASN’T GOING IN, AND I DO WANT TO ASK YOU FLORIO, LIKE YOU FOLLOWED HOW THESE COACHING SEARCHES WORK AND ALL OF THAT, DOES THAT HELP KAFKA AFTER THE GAME WHEN HE’S LIKE, THAT’S JUST MY DECISION. LIKE I LISTEN TO A LONGER PART OF THAT, WHERE HE SAID IT 3 TIMES, IT WAS MY DECISION. IT WAS MY DECISION, BUT THEN IN THE NEXT BREATH, HE SAID, YOU COULD SEE HIS IMPACT. WHEN HE GOT ON THE FIELD, HE MADE PLAYS RIGHT AWAY AND I WAS LIKE, BUT WAIT LIKE IF IT WAS YOUR DECISION, WHY DON’T YOU WANT THAT IMPACT? AND OBVIOUSLY HE DID SOMETHING BUT DOES THAT? DO PEOPLE SEE THAT LIKE OWNERS AND SAY, HEY, HE’S PROTECTING HIS GUYS, LIKE WE VALUE WELL, FIRST OF ALL YOU ASSUME THAT OWNERS ARE RATIONAL HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE MAKING GOOD DECISIONS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO WINNING FOOTBALL TEAMS AND WE KNOW THAT THE PROOF’S IN THE PUDDING. THEY MAKE BAD DECISIONS, BUT I JUST THINK THAT CALF IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT. HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SOME BIG SWINGS TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A HEAD COACH. OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS. I THINK THAT’S WHY HE WENT FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN AGAINST THE LIONS WHEN THEY WERE DOWN THERE CLOSE, AND IT WAS A 3-POINT GAME AND OF GOING UP 6, THEY WANTED TO GO UP 10. THEY WANTED TO DELIVER THE DAGGER AND IT DIDN’T WORK OUT. I THINK HE’S TRYING TO BEHAVE LIKE THE GUY WHO’S ALREADY THE FULL-TIME PERMANENT COACH BECAUSE WHY IS THE INTERIM COACH CARE IF ABDUL CARTER’S DOING SOMETHING THAT IN SOME WAY, VIOLATES THE RULES, AND YOU WOULD THINK AND THIS IS WHERE YOU KIND OF GET INTO VARIOUS LEVELS OF HOW MUCH THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO IT LIKE, OKAY, I’D LIKE TO BE THE PERMANENT COACH. SO I’LL LOOK THE OTHER WAY ON SOME SHENANIGANS BECAUSE I NEED THIS GUY ON THE FIELD TO HELP ME WIN AT A HIGHER LEVEL. HEY, IF I’M GOING TO BE HERE, I HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TONE. I HAVE TO LEAD THIS TEAM. I CAN’T BE TOLERATING THIS STUFF FROM ABDUL CARTER, BECAUSE IF I GET THE JOB, HE’S GOING TO DO THIS SAME STUFF AGAIN NEXT YEAR. IT’S A TOUGH CALL. AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. THE GIANTS NEED TO FIND A PROVEN COACH, A HEAD COACH WHO HAS COACHED IN THE NFL AND HAS WON IN THE NFL. THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO ROLL THE DICE AGAIN ON A COORDINATOR WITH NO HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE THAT APPROACH HAS NOT WORKED FOR THEM IN RECENT YEARS. AND THE 1 TIME, THEY DID HIRE A GUY WITH HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE. IT WAS A GUY WHO COACHED THE BROWNS FOR 2 YEARS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, THAT DOESN’T COUNT. SO I’M SORRY BROWNS BUT YOU, YOU ON YOU YOU KNOW, SO THEY NEED SOMEBODY WHO HAS COACHED TO TEAM TO SUCCESS. NOT JUST COACHED A TEAM. YEAH. HIGH LEVEL FORMER HEAD COACH WHETHER IT’S CALLED THE STEELERS ABOUT AND MIKE TOMLIN AND THERE’S GOING TO SEE WHO ELSE GETS FIRED. AND THEY HAVEN’T ROLLED OUT, I WROTE THIS AT PFT, THEY HAVEN’T RULED OUT TRYING TO TRADE FOR A COACH, WHETHER IT WOULD BE CALLING THE STEELERS ABOUT MIKE TOMLIN OR ANYONE ELSE. AND IT’S NOT A TRADE PER SE BECAUSE THE COACH STILL HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, THE COACH HAS TO WANT TO GO. BUT IF THE COACH WANTS TO GO, IS WILLING TO GO WILLING TO SIGN THE CONTRACT WITH A NEW TEAM. IT BECOMES ESSENTIALLY A TRADE WITH FULL COMPENSATION, BUT THE GIANTS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DON’T THINK HE’S GOING TO WORK WITH JAXSON DART, HELPS HIM. BUT I THINK HE’S TRYING TO ACT BY DOING THAT, LIKE A GUY WHO’S GOING TO BE THERE? I’M ACTING LIKE I’M GOING TO BE HERE AND I’M NOT JUST GOING TO SELL MY SOUL IN THE SHORT TERM TO HAVE A GREAT PLAYER ON THE FIELD FOR THE FULL GAME. YEAH, AND AGAIN, I I THINK YOU SAID IT, SO I THINK A PART OF WHAT ABDUL CARTER IS DOING IS A LACK OF LEADERSHIP THAT’S GOING ON IN THAT BUILDING, I THINK. THEY NEED TO HAVE A GUY IN THERE. I THINK THAT GUY THAT COMES IN NEEDS TO BUILD A CULTURE WITH SOME OF THE GUYS THAT HE NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT CULTURE PERMEATES THROUGHOUT THE LOCKER ROOM. BUT I JUST DON’T REMEMBER HEARING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THIS KID COMING OUT OF PENN STATE TO SIT HERE NOW AND HAVE 2 GAMES WHERE HE SUSPENDED FOR TO START THE GAME. IT’S IT’S NOT THE WAY HE WANTS TO BE OUT THERE AS A YOUNG GUY. BUT AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT JAXSON DART, HAVING A MATURE ON THE FIELD, ABDUL CARTER. ANOTHER HIGH PICK FOR THIS GIANTS TEAM. HE HAS TO MATURE OFF THE FIELD AND FIGURE THINGS OUT BECAUSE YOU CAN’T HAVE THAT. LIKE, IT’S I MEAN, AS SOON AS THE GUY THE KID GETS IN THE GAME, HE WAS IMPACTFUL, THEY RUSHED HIM RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE. HE CALLS A HOLDING PENALTY, HE GOT SOME PRESSURES. AS SOON AS HE GOT IN THE GAME AND YOU SIT THERE AND YOU’RE LIKE, MAN, WE JUST MISSED 2 SERIES IN THE FIRST QUARTER THAT HE WAS OUT THAT MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A PLAYER TO THAT. COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENCE FOR THE GIANTS EARLY IN THAT GAME. HE HAD 8 LOSSES. IN 3 YEARS AT PENN STATE, HE’S GOT 11 LOSSES THIS YEAR AND THAT’S JUST I’M NOT. I’M NOT MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM. AND WE ALL HAVE TO MATURE. I, I WAS YOUNG. I DID A LOT OF DUMB STUFF. WE MATURE. WE LEARN. WE GROW THE, THE MALE BRAIN ISN’T FULLY FORMED UNTIL 25. SOME SAY, IT’S NOT UNTIL 30. I KNEW THAT THERE WAS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE A MATURITY ISSUE WHEN HE TRIES TO GET LAWRENCE, TAYLOR’S NUMBER 56, AND LAWRENCE. TAYLOR GIVES HIM A VERY POINTED KNOW AND YOU NEED YOUR OWN NUMBER. YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR OWN WAY, YOU DON’T WANT SOMEONE ELSE’S NUMBER, YOU NEED YOUR OWN NUMBER AND HE RESPONDS TO THAT BY CALLING NUMBER. 11, IT’S LIKE KIDS MISSING SOMETHING HERE. THAT’S GOING TO COME WITH TIME. IT’S GOING TO COME WITH MATURITY AND HE’LL GET THERE. HE’LL GET THERE. IT’S ALL PART OF THE JOURNEY AND THE ORDER YOU GET YOU JUST KIND OF SIT BACK AND SAY YEP I REMEMBER THINKING SAYING DOING DUMB STUFF TOO SO HE’LL GET THERE BUT WHATEVER HE DID, IT GOT HIM. BENCHED FOR A QUARTER AND I DON’T KNOW THAT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME BUT IT’S JUST 1 OF THE CHALLENGES. WHOEVER THE HEAD COACH IS NEXT YEAR TO GET THROUGH TO ABDUL CARTER OR AS HE CONTINUES HIS JOURNEY AND

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  2. As a Patriots fan, I can't believe I wanted this guy over Will Campbell. Not that Will is playing like an all pro, but he was pretty solid before he was injured, and there's no question about his attitude, work ethic, and commitment to his team.

  6. Come on, how can you give this guy a pass ? He’s obviously immature, and seems like none of his teammates are setting him straight. Don’t make excuses for this guy. 1.5 sacks in 13 games for a #3 draft choice? Entitled bust

  8. Carter has had very little impact all year. There was no loss to leaving him on the bench for a quarter. He’s talented, so it begins with his attitude. Get him straight in his head and the body will follow. Otherwise Carter will never be a great player. This ain’t Penn State. And he ain’t LT.

  25. Heard somewhere that Carter was texting LT about his number, while on his way to a meeeting, LT told him, dude, you could not hold my coke spoon, much less my number.

  27. Mike Tomlin hasn’t had a decent QB or offensive line since 2019. He would do well at NYG. He would be able to straighten out Carter.

  28. Carter doesn’t want to be an NFL player. If he can’t show up and make millions? Then, he sure gets fired at Burger King.
    What a waste of talent. He will soon blame everyone else, but himself.

  32. These guys who get drafted in the top 5 shouldn’t be surprise their own teams are immediately good, like how do they think these teams ended up with top 5 pick? 😂

  34. Kinda blows my mind people are writing Carter off, this organization sucks and I have been a fan since 1993 as a kid. The giants can't put together a decent coaching staff or hire anyone that knows what they are doing , I think Carter gone will help him. The giants are a complete joke of an organization. Complete.

  36. Abdul is ONE of the MANY reason why they are CRAP though. At the beginning of the season Abdul was CRAP himself. he is STILL crap now. Abdul can ONLY look at HIMSELF when thinking about being on a crap team. NO EXCUSE Florio!!!!

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