Overview
- Carter did not play the Giants’ first defensive series in Sunday’s loss to Green Bay before returning for the remainder of the game in Kafka’s first week as interim coach.
- The Athletic and ESPN reported he was inside the facility but asleep and missed a scheduled walk-through, citing unnamed team sources.
- Carter publicly denied sleeping, saying on X that he was doing recovery, and after the game he said he made a mistake that was detrimental to the team and accepted the consequence.
- Kafka declined to specify the reason for the brief benching, while reporting described a shift from Brian Daboll’s looser enforcement to a tone-reset on punctuality.
- The No. 3 overall pick has posted modest rookie-year numbers and his brief absence stood out with Kayvon Thibodeaux unavailable as the 2-9 Giants fell 27–20.