Q. I know you said yesterday you kind of had a feeling that it was going to be New York but you just weren't sure. What was the feeling when you got the call and now the fact that you're going to be a Giant?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, it's definitely surreal. I'm pretty much at a loss for words. I'm just really excited, really blessed. I'm just ready to celebrate this moment with my family. It's just really dope.
Q. Why were you so convinced it would be New York when you were talking yesterday?
ABDUL CARTER: I really like to trust my gut, and that's what my gut told me. That's what my family was thinking. Being in New York talking with them, it just felt right.
Q. What do you think of playing with Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence and that being the defensive line you've got here?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, we're going to be dominant. It's going to be dope just getting to know those guys as a person, getting to know them as men and then getting closer as teammates, and then once we get on the field together, just wreak havoc.
Q. When you were here for your meeting and you posted something, a picture of Lawrence Taylor, what is your sense of the Giants and their tradition of defense and things like that?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, LT is somebody I look up to, somebody I studied and one of the greatest players of all time, just wanted to follow in his footsteps, just bring dominance back to New York.
Q. Coach Daboll said he met with you for breakfast at Penn State. What was that breakfast like and getting to know him in that way?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, that's what it was. It was getting to know each other as people. Obviously he knows what I can do on the field. I know who he is as a coach. But that was more just getting to know me as a person.
Q. Where are you at health-wise with your foot mostly?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, I'm all good. I'm ready to get to work. I'm ready to go.
Q. Do you know any of the other guys, like the defensive linemen that I named before, Dexter Lawrence or Brian Burns or Kayvon Thibodeaux?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, I know of them for sure, never got to meet them in person, but obviously I'm going to have the opportunity to, and once I get to know those guys, it's going to be all dope.
Q. You also know Theo Johnson on the Giants. He said you're somebody that brings a lot of juice. What do you say to that?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, I can say the same for him. We used to go at it at practice all the time and in the games. Us two going at it, we both dominated in the game. He's in New York now I'm going to meet him there. We're going to be going at it in practice. It's going to be all love. It's going to be dope.
Q. What do you bring to the NFL? What do you bring to the Giants? What kind of player do you think you're going to be at that next level?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, I just want to be a dominant player. Just got to put the work in, trust my coaching, trust my teammates, make sure my teammates trust me, and then there's no limit on who I can be.
Q. You asked the Penn State staff to give you an opportunity to play more defensive end this year. How much more room do you think there is to reach your ceiling as a player? How much more do you have left in your game after what you showed this year in just one year?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, I'm just getting started. That was my first year of playing D-end, so obviously I got a ton more to learn. But even as dominant as I was, I still can grow. I still can get better in so many ways, I couldn't even name them.
Q. Abdul, obviously Lawrence Taylor played a long time before you were around. I'm just curious how you watched him. Did you watch him on YouTube or where did you pick up his clips?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, obviously got to watch YouTube clips. It's hard to find full games, which is the real stuff. But just watching him, seeing his intensity, seeing the way he thinks, seeing how dominant he was, how unstoppable he was, that's what I aspire to be.
Q. How familiar are you with Kayvon and Brian's game? Have you watched Giants' film in the past yet or watched them last year?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, I'm pretty familiar. They're both great players, dominant players. Can't wait to get in there and work with those guys, compete with those guys. It's going to be fun.
Q. What stands out to you about their games?
ABDUL CARTER: It's just them in the middle, them all working together, and just adding me to that group, it's going to be dope. It's going to be the most dominant group.
Q. Do you have an idea yet how the team is going to get you, Kayvon and Brian all on the field together, or is it too early for that?
ABDUL CARTER: No, obviously we'll get into that after we begin, but I'm sure the coaches are going to find a way to get us all in at the same time so we can wreak havoc.
Q. You said it's surreal, this feeling of getting drafted. What's this like for you to go No. 3 and just have this moment?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, it's really just a blessing. It's an opportunity. I just want to take full advantage of it, celebrate this moment with my family. They helped me get here. I wouldn't be here without them, all the sacrifices they've made. I'm just really blessed, and I'm just thankful.
Q. Coach Daboll said that he liked your position flexibility. Do you like the idea of potentially not only playing defensive end but maybe doing a little bit of the playing off ball?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, absolutely. Wherever my coaches need me, that's where I'm going to line up at.
Q. You had said back in the combine that you and your dad had gone to the Super Bowl to cheer the Eagles one more time because you figured you were going to end up somewhere else, and that was going to become your team. At that point did you have any idea that it would just be an hour and a half drive up the turnpike up here to Jersey?
ABDUL CARTER: No, I had no idea, but I'm going to New York now. Philly is in the past.
Q. What do you think about the idea of playing in New York and the big city and kind of all that comes with that?
ABDUL CARTER: Yeah, it's dope. My parents are an hour and a half away. They can come and see me anytime they want. It's just really dope being in New York, being in the biggest city in the world. It's really a dream.
Q. What did you have for breakfast when you went with Daboll?
ABDUL CARTER: I think I had some French toast, some eggs, a steak (laughter). I think that's pretty much it.
Q. I hope he picked up the tab.
ABDUL CARTER: Yes, sir.
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