Very little has gone according to plan for the New York Giants in 2025.

They’re 2-11, have fired their head coach and defensive coordinator as they head into yet another off-season on the coaching carousel. That record — or the consequences — might not be much of a surprise. But the fact that the Giants’ defense has been the team’s Achilles’ heel counts as a definite surprise.

The Giants’ decision to draft Penn State edge defender Abdul Carter with the third overall pick was widely praised as “chalk”. That is, so obvious a move that Joe Schoen would have been roundly criticized if he hadn’t drafted Carter. But while Carter has been disruptive, he has yet to come close to living up to expectations. That’s culminated in Carter being benched to start the game against the Green Bay Packers,

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