Abdul Carter has been benched more times for violating team rules than he has sacks in his rookie season with the New York Giants.

That's not exactly how this whole thing was supposed to go when Big Blue drafted the feared Penn State edge rusher No. 3 overall back in April.

But there was Carter, rooted to the sideline for the first quarter of the Giants' embarrassing 33-15 Monday-night loss to the New England Patriots. Reports indicated that he missed a "team responsibility" during the week leading up to their trip to Foxborough.

It was the second time in three weeks that he was benched — forced to sit out the opening defensive series against the Green Bay Packers for missing a walk-through. Carter said he was receiving treatment during that session.

Head coach Mike Kafka continued to

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