FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The first quarter came and went Monday night, the Giants were down 17-0, and the prize of the Giants 2025 NFL Draft class had not stepped on the field. Not one snap.

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As the Giants were getting swarmed, as they were getting thrashed about, Abdul Carter had an up-close view of it all, from right there on the visitors sideline.

“It’s sickening; sick to my stomach,’’ Carter said.

That queasy feeling was not caused by a bad morsel of food or some sort of bug. It was spawned by Carter himself. And that is troubling.