Abdul Carter can scream he’s ‘All New York’ from the top of the Empire State Building but Giants fans already know the truth
Abdul Carter spent his entire Giants Intro Tour screaming “I’m so New York!” but for anyone paying attention, it’s pretty clear that the standout defensive player from Penn State University is everything but that.
If Abdul Carter really was all New York, you know what he wouldn’t have to do?
Tell everybody every five minutes that he’s “all New York.”
Giants select Abdul Carter with the No. 3 overall pick
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But that’s exactly what Carter did after the Giants made him their first-round pick. Every interview, every media scrum, every handshake — “I’m New York. Born for this. Dreamed about it when I was 12.”
Clockwork.
Nothing screams “not a real New Yorker” louder than needing a PR campaign to convince people you are. And Giants fans aren’t dumb. They can smell a try-hard from a mile away — especially when that try-hard used to bleed midnight green and openly root for the Eagles.
And it wasn’t even quiet Eagles fandom. Abdul Carter was dropping “Go Birds” like it was his second language growing up. He was Philly through and through. Now all of a sudden he’s getting misty-eyed about the G-Men and retelling decade-old fever dreams like they’re gospel?
You could drop Abdul Carter into the middle of Times Square, hand him a bacon egg and cheese, and have him yell “YO I’M NEW YORK” from the top of the Empire State Building… and Giants fans would still see right through him.
Because when you have to spend your entire post-draft victory lap convincing people you’re one of them, you already lost.
After the Giants made Carter their first-round pick, he wasted no time going full try-hard mode. Every interview? “I’m New York.” Every answer? “Been dreaming about this since I was 12.” Every photo op? “I bleed Giants blue!”
Brother, come on. You were bleeding green two days ago.
This whole rollout is hilarious when you remember that New Yorkers hate this kind of thing.
No group polices “who’s real” and “who’s fake” harder than Giants fans.
The quickest way to get roasted on WFAN or splattered across New York Post back pages is by coming off as a fraud and right now, Abdul Carter is coming off coming off like a guy trying to sell his New Yorkness harder than a Midtown souvenir shop.
Honestly, I’d rather a guy just own it. If you’re from Philly and loved the Eagles? Fine. Be real about it. That’s better than fumbling through scripted quotes about how you dreamed about Saquon Barkley and Big Blue while you were rooting for Brian Dawkins and Zach Ertz as a kid.
At least when guys like Allen Iverson, Dom Brown, and Tyrese Maxey admitted they were Cowboys fans, they didn’t pretend otherwise. Bryce Harper jumped ship and joined the Bird Gang. Jalen Hurts went from wearing Houston Astros hats to Philadelphia Phillies.
Did it suck when it didn’t go our way? Absolutely. But they didn’t insult everyone’s intelligence either.
Abdul Carter better hope he balls out early, because New York fans — and especially that media — are ruthless when they sniff out a fraud. The “All New York” tour is looking like, well, exactly what you’d expect from someone who’s now playing for the New York Giants.
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