{"id":297497,"date":"2025-08-18T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/297497\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T07:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:59:13","slug":"abdul-carter-responds-to-viral-block-that-sent-him-flying-might-be-only-highlight-of-the-jets-all-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/297497\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdul Carter responds to viral block that sent him flying: &#8216;Might be only highlight of the Jets all season&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"abdul-getty.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/abdul-getty.png\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/28890311\/abdul-carter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abdul Carter<\/a> has only been a member of the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYG\/new-york-giants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> for a few months, but he&#8217;s already steeping himself in the Big Apple rivalry with the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYJ\/new-york-jets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a>. A clip of the former Penn State star and No. 3 overall pick being put on his backside by a chip block from Jets tight end\u00a0<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2864800\/stone-smartt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stone Smartt<\/a>\u00a0was all over social media on Saturday night, and he responded on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the block in question:<\/p>\n<p>As Carter noted, the Giants did indeed beat the Jets handily on Saturday. Carter&#8217;s fellow first-round pick, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26694019\/jaxson-dart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxson Dart<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/ranking-rookie-qb-performances-from-nfl-preseason-week-2-jaxson-dart-shines-again-quinn-ewers-bounces-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">impressed once again<\/a> as Big Blue topped Gang Green 31-13. Carter was credited with one assisted tackle &#8212; combining with <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2253012\/brian-burns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Burns<\/a> to stuff <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3123469\/breece-hall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breece Hall<\/a> for no gain &#8212; in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Carter has very much looked as advertised in the early days of his professional career, and he helped limit the Jets&#8217; starting offense to a punt and a field goal over two possessions. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1273205\/justin-fields\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Fields<\/a> completed just one of five passes for four yards. Carter also played after the Jets&#8217; starters left the field, nearly getting to backup quarterback <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2966360\/adrian-martinez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Martinez<\/a>. In the Giants&#8217; preseason Week 1 victory over the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/BUF\/buffalo-bills\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>, Carter was in the backfield several times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/giants-coach-brian-daboll-sticking-to-plan-at-qb-with-russell-wilson-after-jaxson-dart-shines-in-preseason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Giants coach Brian Daboll sticking to plan at QB with Russell Wilson after Jaxson Dart shines in preseason<\/p>\n<p>\n                    Steven Taranto                <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Giants coach Brian Daboll sticking to plan at QB with Russell Wilson after Jaxson Dart shines in preseason\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755503953_748_russell-wilson-jaxson-dart.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"152\" width=\"270\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carter is expected to be a key piece of a dangerous pass rush that also includes 2024 Pro Bowler <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2239523\/dexter-lawrence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dexter Lawrence<\/a> II and edge rushers Brian Burns and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3123381\/kayvon-thibodeaux\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kayvon Thibodeaux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carter will make his official <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> debut &#8212; and hope to not be on the wrong end of any other viral highlights &#8212; Sept. 7 against the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/WAS\/washington-commanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Abdul Carter has only been a member of the New York Giants for a few months,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[291,21899,487,1483,53,1489,7,13,493,755,56,255,6,1849,15086,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-297497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-abdul-carter","9":"tag-adrian-martinez","10":"tag-breece-hall","11":"tag-brian-burns","12":"tag-buffalo-bills","13":"tag-dexter-lawrence","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-jaxson-dart","16":"tag-justin-fields","17":"tag-kayvon-thibodeaux","18":"tag-new-york-giants","19":"tag-new-york-jets","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-quinn-ewers","22":"tag-stone-smartt","23":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115048714394705720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}