Giants linebacker Abdul Carter found himself on the bench to start Monday night’s game against the Patriots.

For the second time in three games, the Giants benched the linebacker to open a contest and it was 17-0 Patriots in the second quarter by the time head coach Mike Kafka put the rookie on the field. After he sat out the opening series in Week 11, Carter said that he made a mistake “ detrimental to the team. ”

Carter was asked what happened to lead to his benching on Monday night and said, via SNY, “ s—t happens .” Head coach Mike Kafka said, via a transcript from the team, that it was “just my decision to not play him” and didn’t provide more details when pressed on what Carter did to lead to that decision.

“I just would say this: That was my decision to do that,” Kafka sa

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