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Dazed and Confused: Is Carter Sleeping Through His NFL Opportunity?

WFAN Daily

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3.8795 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

BT & Sal go off on Giants linebacker and third overall pick Abdul Carter, discussing off-the-field issues that sources say stem from excessive drug use, which has reportedly led to him falling asleep in meetings and showing a clear lack of professional commitment.


Tierney and Licata debate the new prevalence of THC use in the NFL and argue that while the drug itself is less harmful than alcohol, Carter's problem is the "trifecta of failure": poor production (just 1.5 sacks in his rookie season), repeated disciplinary issues (benched twice for missing team obligations), and a failure to prioritize his career. They question why the Giants organization, from the previous regime to interim head coach Mike Kafka, allowed these character flaws to fester and whether this now looks like a "disastrous pick." The segment ends with a sharp comparison: Lawrence Taylor had his issues, but he was the greatest defensive player ever—Carter has zero production to lean on.

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0:00.0

What's good y'all? It's Von Miller, Super Bowl MVP, Sagmaster, and now your host of Free Range.

0:06.8

This is where NFL meets Real Talk. Every week, I'm bringing you inside the game from locker

0:12.2

room stories to league-wide headlines. You want football IQ locker room insight and real

0:17.3

conversations with the people shaping the league. Welcome to Free Range with Von Miller, where nothing is off limits and every down counts. New episodes every Wednesday. Listen and follow free range with me, Von Miller, wherever you get your podcast. BT and Sal on the fan. You know, I wanted to, I tease a little bit before about that, Abdul-Card, I wanted to run it by you and tell me, you tell me what you think of what I heard.

0:40.1

Okay.

0:40.5

Because I'm not sure what the deal is anymore.

0:43.9

I've never been somebody who's been into, you know, like doing weed or anything like that.

0:50.2

So, but I've heard like, it's flying used to be potheads or.

0:53.8

Yeah, a stoner, pothead. you know, like back in the day. Obviously, perceptions change quite a bit. Correct. That's why I'm asking. Yeah, go right. And now we know that it's legal and a lot more people do it, I think. I had some Friday night. Yeah, okay, well, there you go. Right. So I'm a rough week. So I'm not sure what the term would be.

1:12.1

But, and take this for what you all.

1:13.0

May not be a big deal?

1:14.0

It may be a big deal to some.

1:27.2

I have no idea. But the way that it was told to me was basically Abdul Carter clearly does not prioritize being a, putting everything he can in it being a football player. and that he does partake in some of those activities maybe a little bit more than one should,

1:30.1

which leads to either not... and that he does partake in some of those activities maybe a little bit more than one should,

1:30.1

which leads to either not paying attention or falling asleep in meetings or things like that.

1:34.2

And that this was a problem, obviously under Dable, but because of Dable's unstable footing,

1:39.2

he couldn't discipline him.

1:41.8

Also, that Penn State did an excellent job of covering up some of

1:46.6

these potential issues with Abdul Carter, which we're now seeing play out in real time with the

1:51.5

Giants, not only the off-the-field nonsense that he continues to get himself in trouble for,

1:55.9

but obviously on the field not being productive enough. Okay. So years ago, the New York Jets did not draft Warren Sapp. They took Kyle Brady instead. I also out of Penn State ironically because they were turned off by Warren Saps' marijuana use. Right. Obviously, we're in a totally different climate here. Laramie Msel. Yes, as well. It got a lot of mature.

2:18.2

Yeah.

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