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A costly neutral zone infraction by rookie linebacker Abdul Carter wiped out a potential game-changing pick-6 in the New York Giants<\/a>‘ heartbreaking 16-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The penalty occurred late in the first half when Carter’s hand encroached into the neutral zone at the snap, though he did not jump offsides. The flag nullified a 96-yard interception return for a touchdown by safety Jevon Holland, which would have given the Giants a 10-3 lead. Instead, the drive continued, shifting momentum in a tight contest that ultimately slipped away.<\/p>\n

Carter took full accountability postgame.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think I jumped. They said my hand was in the neutral zone or something,” he said, via the New York Post<\/a>. “That one hurt.”<\/p>\n

Carter explained he didn’t realize the call was on him until announced over the loudspeaker.<\/p>\n

“That hurt the team right there, especially for Holland, who took it all the way back to the house. That’s on me. I have to be better,” he said.<\/p>\n

Despite the error, Carter delivered an otherwise standout performance. He recorded a sack — becoming the first Giants rookie to notch one in three consecutive games — and directly pressured the quarterback into Chauncey Golston’s sack on the ensuing play.<\/p>\n

The rookie\u2019s flash of brilliance underscored his potential, even as the penalty proved a pivotal 10-point swing in the narrow defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A costly neutral zone infraction by rookie linebacker Abdul Carter wiped out a potential game-changing pick-6 in the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":464481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,8015,8019,211540,130361,1318,22967,211541,149670,11652,211539,122244,3663,8812,942,635,405,403,4716,50,5226,5225,1232,12623,5228,5227,450,950,62,1458,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,43627,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-464480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-american-football","11":"tag-chauncey","12":"tag-chauncey-golston","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-giants","15":"tag-golston","16":"tag-holland","17":"tag-hub","18":"tag-jevon","19":"tag-jevon-holland","20":"tag-minnesota","21":"tag-minnesota-vikings","22":"tag-neutral","23":"tag-new","24":"tag-new-york","25":"tag-new-york-city","26":"tag-new-york-giants","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-newyork","29":"tag-newyorkcity","30":"tag-nfl","31":"tag-nfl-hub","32":"tag-ny","33":"tag-nyc","34":"tag-overall","35":"tag-overall-neutral","36":"tag-sports","37":"tag-sports-news","38":"tag-united-states","39":"tag-united-states-of-america","40":"tag-unitedstates","41":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","42":"tag-us","43":"tag-usa","44":"tag-vikings","45":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115763604636815138","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464480","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=464480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}