Giants rookie embarrasses himself with ridiculous postgame shot at Jets

If there’s one lesson Giants rookie Abdul Carter might want to learn sooner rather than later, it’s the old adage about not throwing stones in glass houses.

After being flattened by a chip block from third-string tight end Stone Smartt in Saturday’s preseason 31-12 win over the New York Jets, Carter tried to turn the moment into a joke at his rival's expense — only to end up embarrassing himself with a postgame shot that fell completely flat.

Carter took to social media on Sunday to respond to the viral clip of the brutal block, but instead of owning up to the play, he used the moment to take a shot at the Jets, dismissing the block as “weak” despite the fact that it left him flat on his back.

The rookie third-overall pick insisted that the block "might be the only highlight of the Jets all season," mocking his opponent for their poor performance in Saturday's game. You know, the exhibition game in which Carter played 19 snaps.

Abdul Carter embarrassed himself with his Jets preseason trash talk

Carter’s comments ring hollow not only for their hypocrisy, but also for what they reveal about his maturity level.

If you’re a top-five draft pick who just got planted into the turf by a converted wide receiver/third-string tight end, the first thing you probably shouldn’t do is hop on social media to gloat about a preseason win.

You definitely shouldn’t dismiss the block as “weak” either, not when your franchise hasn’t beaten that same opponent in a regular-season game in 14 years.

The Giants haven't defeated the Jets in a regular-season game since Barack Obama's first term. The last time the Giants beat the Jets in a game that actually counted, Carter was seven years old.

The Jets are an easy target. They’ve been one of the NFL’s least successful franchises over the last 15 years and routinely end up as the butt of the joke. But you know who’s been right there alongside them? Carter’s Giants.

Since the start of the 2011 season, the Giants have managed just 88 wins, a mere six more than the Jets’ 82 over that same span. On top of that, most sportsbooks actually project the Jets for more success in 2025, setting their over/under win total at 6.5 compared to the Giants’ 5.5.

So before Abdul Carter starts taking victory laps over a preseason win, he might want to take a hard look at the state of his own franchise because the numbers don’t exactly give him much room to talk.

His performance on Saturday also left a lot to be desired. Carter finished as the Giants' second-lowest graded defensive player by Pro Football Focus. His 46.9 PFF grade ranked 147th out of 166 edge rushers in preseason Week 2.

At the end of the day, Carter’s comments were an embarrassing self-own. Taking shots at a team your franchise hasn’t beaten in over a decade, all while brushing off a play where you got put on your backside, only highlights the hypocrisy and lack of maturity behind his words.

If anything, he gave the Jets more bulletin-board material than he did the Giants any bragging rights, and he made himself look foolish in the process.

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