New York Giants first-round pick Abdul Carter vehemently denied Tuesday that he slept through a walk-through practice last week and said he was getting treatment at the time of the walk-through.

Reports surfaced on Monday, a day after Carter was benched for the opening series of Sunday's 27-22 loss to the Green Bay Packers , that Carter was asleep during a walk-through practice last week.

Carter said that new head coach Mike Kafka changed the normal practice times and he didn't realize the change was made until he was in treatment at the time he was used to -- and it was too late. Carter said he spoke to Kafka about it on a FaceTime call later that day.

"My mistake was an honest mistake," Carter told ESPN on Tuesday. "I own the fact that it was an honest mistake. I was getting trea

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