Giants rookie edge rusher Abdul Carter was benched for the opening series of Sunday’s 27-20 loss to the Packers because he was sleeping at he facility during a walk-through, according to Dan Duggan of The Athletic.

Carter took to X on Monday to dispute that report.

“Was not sleep, actually doing recovery. Nonetheless that’s on ME,” he wrote.

The No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft followed that up with another post.

“When the hate don’t work they start telling lies!”

According to Duggan, a source said Carter being late to meetings was a trend, and former head coach Brian Daboll let it slide.

Carter played every snap for the rest of the game and recorded one tackle.

“I made a mistake during the week that was detrimental to the team,” Carter said after the game. “That was the

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