It didn’t take long for Mike Kafka to start showing he’s not going to run things the way former head coach Brian Daboll did. In his first game as interim head coach, the New York Giants took the field without rookie linebacker Abdul Carter on the opening defensive series. No word of any injury, no explanation — just their 2025 No. 3 overall pick watching from the sideline.
That changed quickly. Carter was back out there on the next drive, and suddenly, things started to make a bit more sense. Whatever it was, it wasn’t medical.