The New York Giants are hopeful that two benchings in three weeks will help No. 3 overall pick Abdul Carter begin to understand what it means to be a professional. So far, so good, according to defensive coordinator Charlie Bullen.

“Pro-like,” is how Bullen described Carter’s response to Mike Kafka’s decision to sit him out at the beginnings of games against the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots. Bullen said he believes the message to Carter is “getting there.”

“Moments like that that you wish didn’t happen, personally and again, I’m sure Abdul wishes they didn’t happen. But to me, they did happen. They’re in the past,” Bullen said on Thursday. “And I look at it like how is he going to respond moving forward and how has he responded? And his response, quite honestly, has been in

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