New York Giants fans didn’t need much help getting excited about Abdul Carter. But this will do it anyway.
A clip from his pre-draft visit with the Giants started making the rounds — and it’s exactly what you want to see from your No. 3 overall pick. Carter, sitting across from outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen, is being walked through the team’s plan for him. The message is clear: you’re not just lining up in one spot. You’re going to be moved all over the place. Bullen asked:
“You obviously can win on the edge, you obviously can beat guards and you can beat a center,” Bullen says. “So you have to learn all five spots. You good with that?”
Carter gave the most elite response possible: “You can add more if you want,” he said confidently.
The #Giants are already putting No. 3 overall pick Abdul Carter to work — asking him to learn all five spots on the defensive line.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) May 8, 2025
His response: “You can add more if you want.”
Love this! 💙
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I mean... there aren't many answers that could beat that. That's as good as it gets. Carter was known as a do-it-all guy who could line up anywhere, and now we know five positions might just be his floor. That's crazy. It’s impossible not to be fired up about that.
Abdul Carter’s confidence is already winning over the Giants
The G-Men didn’t just draft an edge rusher. They apparently took a dude who wants every challenge on the menu — and then some. From day one, Carter will be asked to move all around, diagnose fronts, blow up blocks, and give quarterbacks nightmares. That’s not rookie stuff. That’s franchise-defining stuff right there.
And that’s why this interaction is so awesome. It’s one thing to be explosive. It’s another to walk into the position room and already think like the centerpiece of it. He screams special.
Carter joins a front that features Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns, and Kayvon Thibodeaux. Add in Darius Alexander as a potential rotational piece and you’re looking at a front that finally has the muscle and movement to keep pace in a loaded NFC. It’s also the kind of group that doesn’t need Carter to do anything more than he needs to — just to unleash the chaos he’s here for.
It stuck because fans have seen that kind of mindset before — Michael Strahan, Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora, JPP. The great Giants' defenses were built on guys who didn’t care about anything other than handling business. Carter already sounds like one of them. This guy seems ready for anything.
And if that’s what Carter’s already showing behind closed doors? Quarterbacks better buckle up for a rough 2025 and beyond.