{"id":310503,"date":"2026-07-31T07:28:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310503\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:28:41","slug":"ny-giants-training-camp-abdul-carter-has-big-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310503\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants training camp: Abdul Carter has big day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 Abdul Carter had the kind of day at New York Giants training camp on Thursday that the Giants and their fans can only dream about him having once the 2026 regular season begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Working against All-Pro left tackle Andrew Thomas, the second-year edge defender had at least two would-be sacks of Jaxson Dart, and broke through the line to bat down a tight end screen intended for Isaiah Likely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Carter also did his fair share of woofing, the cleaned-up version of which is Carter stating that Thomas was going to have to put in some work during this training camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Thomas, one of the NFL\u2019s best offensive tackles, wasn\u2019t engaging in the trash talk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cThat\u2019s all defenders,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cThey make one play, and they\u2019re the best. You do a second, you\u2019re All-Pro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Thomas, though, certainly recognized that Carter, the No. 3 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, is tougher to block than he was as a rookie, when he had just 4.0 sacks and his season was marred by a pair of benchings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe\u2019s stringing his moves together better. He\u2019s using his power more,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cAnd you can tell he just has a better understanding for different types of blocks, different types of attacks, recognizing play schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Carter is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigblueview.com\/new-york-giants-news\/166043\/ny-giants-abdul-carter-faces-big-expectations-in-year-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">considered a breakout candidate<\/a> for the Giants. Thursday\u2019s practice was an indication that such prognostications for the former Penn State star, who drew Micah Parsons comparisons before last year\u2019s draft, might not be wishful thinking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe\u2019s had two good practices,\u201d said head coach John Harbaugh. \u201cHe\u2019s doing everything well right now. He was in the backfield quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe\u2019s going against a really good tackle too. I thought those guys were making each other better. I just appreciate that kind of competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Harbaugh said that Carter, whose work ethic was questioned after his benchings for missing practice and being late to meetings last season, has shown \u201camazing work ethic and a really deep determination\u201d thus far this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Thomas wasn\u2019t thrilled about having a tough day handling the precocious young pass rusher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI never get excited when I lose,\u201d Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The fact that Thomas did lose to Carter on Thursday, though, has to be exciting for the Giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 Abdul Carter had the kind of day at New York Giants training camp&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,112065,11,10],"class_list":["post-310503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants-training-camp","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}