EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants rookie edge defender Abdul Carter did not start Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers due to what Carter said was an infraction that occurred during the week.
Giants’ interim head coach Mike Kafka said in the post-game that it was decision to sit Carter, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
“Coach’s decision. That was my decision,” Kafka said after the Giants fell to 2-9 with a 27-20 loss on Sunday. “We’ll just keep the rest of that in-house.”
The exact infraction by Carter is not known. The timing and the action by Kafka, in his first game, is interesting. Part of the narrative around why Brian Daboll was fired as Giants head coach on Monday was that Daboll was either unable or unwilling to hold players accountable.
This was clearly an effort by Kafka to establish that he would do that.
Carter entered the game on the Giants’ second defensive series. He had little impact in what had been a ballyhooed matchup with Green Bay edge defender Micah Parsons, a fellow Penn State alumnus. Carter had just one tackle and one quarterback hit.
He still has only a half-sack through 11 games.
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