Another setback for the G-Men in loss to Washington

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00:00I also want to talk to you about Abdul Carter because there was talk this week.

00:03Okay. So you're ready. You're ready to talk about Abdul Carter.

00:06There was talk this week about him having his best week of practice.

00:09And look, Adriana, when I hear that, sometimes I'm just like, okay,

00:14everybody says this,

00:15this is like at the start of the season when everybody's in the best shape

00:17they've ever been in before. Right. So, so we know that.

00:20I think when we look at Abdul Carter, I think most of us, you know,

00:24media content creators will say, Hey,

00:25it's fair to say he had at the least a rough rookie season with everything

00:31that's gone on around him. But today, seven tackles, five solo.

00:37He also had a sack. Three of those tackles were for loss.

00:40He got the QB hit and recovered a fumble.

00:43Would you say this was his best game in a giant uniform?

00:47And then I guess also seeing this after this best week of practice,

00:51are you encouraged by what he can bring to this giant's defense going forward?

00:56Yes. You know,

00:57I have made jokes about when Dable would come on after the post games,

01:01after they lose in all of these different ways.

01:03And I would just be like, we all know what Dable's going to say.

01:06They had a great week of practice.

01:07So whenever I hear stuff like that, it's in one ear and out the other,

01:10because all I,

01:11all I think to myself is what on earth were you doing in practice that led you

01:14to lose these games the way that you've lost them.

01:17But you know,

01:18I've been at Abdul Carter defender when the giants drafted him.

01:21I loved him coming out of Penn state could not wait to see him in a

01:24giant's uniform.

01:25And I have been defending him week after week.

01:28When I hear giants fans say he's a bus because he doesn't have the sacks,

01:31blah, blah, blah.

01:31And, and you look at the stats and I don't,

01:34I don't like to say that the stats are the most important thing,

01:37but the stats back up the fact that he is having a good season.

01:42He is a big reason as to why Brian Burns has as many sacks as he has,

01:46because Abdul Carter is number one in the NFL at pressure rate.

01:51He has, he, or pressure time.

01:54He's getting there faster than Nick Benito.

01:56He's getting faster there than Chris Jones.

01:58So he needs some help closing whatever.

02:01But today was a day where I was like, this,

02:04this is the Abdul Carter that we've all been waiting for.

02:07The impact player,

02:07the Micah Parsons type player that we all,

02:09all thought we were going to see, you know,

02:11for the 15 weeks prior or whatever,

02:1414 weeks prior to this week that we haven't really seen.

02:17And, you know, the frustrating thing for me has been,

02:20you know, I know these guys are young.

02:24I know they're in a bad situation.

02:26You know, it's been a rough year for the giants,

02:28the defense, especially, but the second cave on get in,

02:32got injured.

02:32I said, this is an opportunity for Abdul Carter.

02:35You know,

02:35I know you're not getting the starting snaps every week.

02:37It's very obvious.

02:38This defensive scheme does not have a good plan for Abdul Carter.

02:42You hear guys like Carl Banks talk about it week in and week out.

02:45And when you don't have a plan like that for a player like that,

02:48it was drafted three overall.

02:49He can't make as much of an impact as you would like.

02:52So I'm really happy with the way that he played today.

02:55I think as a giants fan,

02:56you look at a game like that and you say, you know,

02:58if we don't keep Brian cave on Thibodeau past the fifth year option or

03:02whatever,

03:03you got to be optimistic going into next year and saying with one good week of

03:07practice and one week where he is watching more film,

03:12he's in the building more,

03:13he apologized to his teammates and took accountability.

03:16Look,

03:16these guys are young and sometimes they have to learn the hard way.

03:19And unfortunately it took him twice,

03:21but I think when you see the production on the field,

03:23it gives you confidence.

03:25So I think for someone like Carter too,

03:27it's also a confidence booster saying, wow,

03:29the effort that I put in this week,

03:31look at what I was able to do on the field.

03:33And even though it didn't result in a win,

03:35it's a great opportunity for him and the players around him to say,

03:39I can trust and believe in this guy because he's a good football player and he

03:42just has to put the work in and look what he was able to do in one week.

03:45Okay.

04:01Bye.

04:03Bye.

04:12Bye.

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