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By Cameron Belcher
Contributing Sports Writer
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Week 6 of the NFL season is approaching and will begin with an old-fashioned rivalry in the NFC East between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football.
Both teams are coming off losses last week and are looking to bounce back, but they are in different situations. The Eagles are seeking to get back on track after losing their first game in over a year, and the Giants are dealing with the challenge of overcoming losing their top receiver while being 1-4 with a rookie quarterback.
Jaxson Dart and the offense may have problems that need ironing out, but another top prospect rookie must overcome a lack on the defensive side of the ball.
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Abdul Carter was selected as the third overall pick of the 2025 NFL Draft with the chance of bulking up the defensive line and potentially being a future Hall of Fame talent.
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Five games clearly do not have enough time to tell if that will become a reality, but of course, high expectations can come with heavy criticism for not exactly performing as most would assume coming out of college.
For Carter, it has become a slight concern for fans that the outside linebacker has only recorded 0.5 sacks this season, which came in the first game against another NFC East rival, the Washington Commanders.
In a perfect world, obviously, that is not an ideal number of sacks for Giants fans or even Carter himself; however, he had something to say about not having the desired results in the early part of the season.
“As long as I keep affecting the quarterback, getting close to him, eventually the sacks are going to come,” Carter explained to SNY Giants on Tuesday afternoon.
It hasn’t been all bad for Carter from an individual standpoint. He has already racked up 13 total tackles and two stuffs, and he has the unique opportunity to turn things around against a division rival and his former favorite childhood team at home on primetime national television.
Nobody is questioning the ability of the pass rusher, especially with the track record of his three seasons at Penn State. He finished college with nearly 200 tackles, 39.5 of them for loss, 23 sacks, five forced fumbles, and even deflected 15 passes and caught an interception.
Even in the slightest, Carter getting into his rhythm against the defending champions could be the start of what the Giants will need to begin stringing together some wins.
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