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Giants Now: Abdul Carter named PFF's Rookie of the Week

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Abdul Carter named PFF's Rookie of the Week

Outside linebacker Abdul Carter continues to garner praise for his breakout performance against the Commanders in Week 15.

Already nominated for Pepsi Rookie of the Week, Carter has now been named Pro Football Focus' Rookie of the Week, in addition to earning a spot on PFF's Team of the Week.

"Despite the Giants' loss, Abdul Carter delivered the best performance of his young career against Washington on Sunday," wrote PFF's Gordon McGuinness. "He was impactful as both a run defender and pass rusher, recording five defensive stops, forcing two fumbles and posting a 17.4% PFF pass-rush win rate."

Carter finished the game with seven total tackles (five solo), one sack, three tackles for loss and four total pressures to go with his two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

It marked the No. 3 overall pick's second consecutive game with a sack, as he has now racked up 10 total pressures over his last two games.

The rookie was PFF's No. 1 ranked edge defender overall in Week 15.

"It was his coming out party," outside linebacker Brian Burns said after the game. "He had a good game. … I feel like he executed his assignments. For the most part, yeah, I feel like he executed his assignments most plays. Then he came up with some big plays that we needed, so yeah. I'm proud of him right now."

Carter's three tackles for loss matched the franchise's rookie record for the most in a game, joining Kayvon Thibodeaux, who also picked up three tackles for loss against Washington back in 2022.

The 22-year-old's two forced fumbles were the most in a single game by a Giants rookie since 2010 when Jason Pierre-Paul had two against the Jaguars.

"Abdul, he put together a good week of practice, it showed up in the game," interim head coach Mike Kafka added. "I was happy for (him). Anytime a young player can step up and kind of start turning the page and improving. But now the challenge, just like it is for everybody, is can you do that again? You have a good game, can you stack another day? Can you stack another week? Can you stack another game? And so that'll be the challenge for him. That'll be the challenge for a lot of the guys who played well on offense, defense and special teams."

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