But Carter quickly refuted reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cWas not sleep, actually doing recovery,\u201d Carter wrote on \u201cX.\u201d \u201cNonetheless that\u2019s on ME!\u201d<\/p>\n
And it sounds like it wasn\u2019t a first offense.<\/p>\n
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Abdul Carter runs onto the field before the Giants\u2019 game against the Packers on Nov. 16, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Carter has made a habit of running late to team functions, including meetings, as a rookie, a second source told The Post. Any disciplinary action that he faced from former head coach Brian Daboll was kept out of the public eye, but interim head coach Mike Kafka took a slightly stronger stand in his first week on the job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made a mistake during the week that was detrimental to the team,\u201d Carter said after the game. \u201cI already know that whatever I do have is going to have consequences. That was the consequence, have to live with it, keep playing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter deferred specifics to interim head coach Mike Kafka \u201cif he decides to let y\u2019all know what it is.\u201d Kafka declined to provide a reason for his decision.<\/p>\n
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It set a bad tone because Carter was given his best opportunity to make a splash Sunday with Kayvon Thibodeaux sidelined by shoulder injury. The Giants started Tomon Fox, who was cut in August, in place of Carter, who then had two pressures, one quarterback hit and one tackle over the rest of the game.<\/p>\n
Giants teammates didn\u2019t seem overly concerned by Carter\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just professional,\u201d Brian Burns said. \u201cThere ain\u2019t really too much to be said. There wasn\u2019t no big meeting or anything like that. It was just between him and Kafka and it got handled.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kafka raved about Carter\u2019s bright future after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love Abdul and what he brings to this team, the skill set he has. This guy loves ball. I\u2019m excited again to watch him attack this week of practice and continue to work and grow and be the great player that I think he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are no changes coming to the Giants coaching staff this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cStatus quo,\u201d Kafka said. \u201cAs a matter of fact, we\u2019re going to go and attack this week of prep. The coaches are excited about it. We just watched the tape with some good, fresh ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kicker Graham Gano, who is on injured reserve with a herniated disc in his neck, posted photos to Instagram that reveal he underwent a medical procedure. His neck was wrapped in a brace in a hospital bed and after discharge.<\/p>\n
RT Evan Neal, who was put on injured reserve on Saturday despite not playing a snap all season, injured his hamstring during a \u201cworkout.\u201d The No. 7 pick in the 2022 draft will miss at least three more games but likely is finished with the Giants.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe docs made a decision to do the move to IR,\u201d Kafka said.<\/p>\n
Kafka changed the Giants\u2019 weekday schedule from giving players off on Tuesdays \u2013 as is customary around the NFL and was Daboll\u2019s way \u2013 to off on Mondays. Players typically are in the facility Monday for treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it gives the coaches a little bit of front-end time in terms of getting prepped and then they see (players Tuesday),\u201d Kafka said. \u201cIt kind of takes the emotion out of the game. Allows guys to evaluate it and see it with clear eyes. Allows the coaches to do the same. Then it gives us an opportunity to flip the page and move onto the next opponent. Just a little different schedule that I\u2019ve had in the past, and I thought it was a good fit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Paul Schwartz contributed to this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Someone might need to remind Abdul Carter that the famous line from \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d is \u201cclear eyes,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19888,9,2683,11,10,22,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-42613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-abdul-carter","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-giants","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42613","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=42613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}