Giants beat the Bills 34-25 in the preseason opener<\/a>. \u201cI wish I got to play a little more, but I\u2019m glad we got the win.\u201d<\/p>\nCarter won two matchups on an island against four-time Pro Bowl left tackle Dion Dawkins.<\/p>\n
Once, Carter beat Dawkins to the inside and forced quarterback Mitch Trubisky to spin into the arms of Roy Robertson-Harris. Another time, Carter cupped Dawkins\u2019 helmet and then dropped low and bent the edge to force Trubisky up in the pocket.<\/p>\n
\u201cI treat every opponent the same,\u201d Carter said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who I\u2019m going against. I like to get work and put my best against anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giants linebacker Abdul Carter speaking to the media after practice at the New York Giants training facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
And, in what might be the scariest rep for opposing offenses to watch, Carter lined up at three-technique defensive tackle and beat right guard O\u2019Cyrus Torrence to the inside with his first step and club move. Torrence could\u2019ve been called for holding as Trubisky threw the ball quickly.<\/p>\n
In joint practices Tuesday and Wednesday against the Jets, Carter will resume a Penn State practice rivalry against left tackle Olu Fashanu (2024 first-round pick).<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope next week will come a little bit quicker,\u201d head coach Brian Daboll said, \u201cso we can get back out there, going live [tackling] and sacking the quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giants linebacker Abdul Carter (51) runs drills during Back Together Weekend at the team\u2019s NFL football training camp, Sunday, July 27, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. AP<\/p>\n
Add CB Dru Phillips (undisclosed) to the injury list along with 15 teammates who did not play against the Bills.<\/p>\n
\u201cDru couldn\u2019t finish,\u201d Daboll said, though he declined to elaborate on the severity.<\/p>\n
Daboll, a Buffalo area native and former Bills offensive coordinator, loved that Highmark Stadium was nearly full for the final preseason game in its history before the Bills move across the parking lot in 2026. Not just for nostalgic reasons but for the benefit of Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n
\u201cPracticed with a lot of noise, and great first environment to be in for a rookie quarterback,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cWhere some places you have 10,000 to 15,000 fans, here you\u2019ve got a packed house, no surprise, which is a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jaxson Dart AND head coach Brian Daboll speak during the second quarter of an NFL Preseason 2025 game between New York Giants and Buffalo Bills on August 9, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Dart was criticized before the draft for clapping his hands to snap the ball in college, but transitioning to a cadence wasn\u2019t an issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of my first time doing a silent cadence in a road game atmosphere,\u201d Dart said. \u201cWe did have a few pre-snap penalties \u2014 we have to continue to improve on those things \u2014 but I was happy overall about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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How will the joint practices work? Daboll and Jets head coach Aaron Glenn \u2014 who have known each other for about a decade \u2014 had communicated a handful of times by lunchtime Sunday to finalize details.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be on the Giants offensive field and he\u2019ll be on the Jets offensive field,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cWhat we talked about is, \u2018You\u2019re the head coach of that field,\u2019 if you will. We want to practice the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abdul Carter wanted to put his 1.000 batting average on the line. The electric rookie was disappointed Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":136418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[4716,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-136417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-new-york-giants","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115009058898470658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}