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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) \u2014 Abdul Carter embraced Jaxson Dart after the New York Giants quarterback read a statement about his decision to introduce President Donald Trump at a rally last week. Then the young linebacker offered a rebuke of his teammate.<\/p>\n

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Carter called the situation \u201cbigger than football\u201d and explained he felt the need to call out Dart publicly for the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe not only represents himself and what he does, but he represents all of us and that goes for anybody who wears a Giants uniform,\u201d Carter said Friday after an offseason workout practice. \u201cIf he chooses to align himself with a man like President Trump, it\u2019s my responsibility based on what I believe and what I stand on to not only show my teammates that I\u2019m against that \u2014 but to show the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter took to social media on Saturday to criticize his teammate after realizing a video of Dart on stage with Trump was real. Hours later, Carter said he and Dart spoke and were fine. Those posts have since been deleted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean that me and Jaxson hate each other or we have beef,\u201d Carter said. \u201cI sit next to Jaxson every day, every team meeting. We\u2019re close. We talk. As long as we make sure we\u2019ve got the same goal as a team and our goals align, which they do, then I feel like that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has targeted the diversity, equity and inclusion programs that helped many Black Americans find jobs in both the federal government and a variety of private industries. He has called DEI programs \u201cdiscrimination,\u201d and he has pushed to eradicate them from the government and put pressure on the private sector to do the same.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, he posted and then deleted a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.<\/p>\n

Dart in his 562-word statement never invoked Trump\u2019s name and said he valued the office of the president. Dart called it \u201ca unique opportunity, being asked and given the opportunity to introduce the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he understood why the situation might bother teammates and if he thought he made a mistake, Dart referred back to his statement. Carter said Dart did not apologize for being at Trump\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want him to say he\u2019s sorry,\u201d Carter said. \u201cStand on what you believe in. But it can\u2019t be a problem when I stand on what I believe in. That\u2019s all that matters to me. As long as we have that understanding, it\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dart said he addressed the situation with teammates, including Carter, as part of \u201chonest conversations\u201d over the past week. That included a meeting at the Giants\u2019 facility Tuesday when Carter was not present, as well as a conversation Saturday between the two players going into their second NFL season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just talked,\u201d Dart said of Carter, who was also drafted in the first round last year. \u201cMe and him are one of the closer guys on the team with each other. We\u2019ve had a lot of conversation, and he\u2019s my brother. I know that I\u2019m a brother to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach John Harbaugh and veteran backup quarterback Jameis Winston attempted to put a positive spin on going through the situation at a tense time in the U.S. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a blond-haired, blue-eyed white kid and a Black Muslim religion, Black kid, who are coming together and showing y\u2019all, showing the world that we can come together,\u201d said Winston, who is also Black. \u201cI think this is an excellent opportunity for those two young men to realize what they represent, the platform that they have, and how they\u2019re going to go about navigating that and standing on what they both believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harbaugh, who has expressed support for Trump over the years, said he had no concerns about a rift in the locker room and said \u201cit\u2019s not going to affect what kind of football team we are.\u201d He deferred to players about what kind of guidelines they want to set.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s made us better, honestly,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cI\u2019m kind of grateful for the opportunity that we had to have the conversation. But if you do things the right way, you confront everything all the time that have to do with your football team and your ability to be successful, and that was something to confront and talk about. Rather than ignore it or rather than dictate something, let\u2019s just talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gunner Olszewski carted off with injury<\/h3>\n

Receiver\/return specialist Gunner Olszewski went down with a noncontact injury grabbing at his right leg late in practice, and teammates went down on one knee while he received medical attention. Olszewski was put on a cart and driven off the field, and it did not look good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll find out what the situation is with that,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cThat was a noncontact change-of-direction kind of a deal there in the grass, so that was disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arvell Reese signs his rookie contract<\/h3>\n

No. 5 pick Arvell Reese, a linebacker out of Ohio State, signed his rookie contract on Friday, becoming the final member of the draft class to do so. No. 10 pick Francis \u201cSisi\u201d Mauigoa signed earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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___<\/p>\n

AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NFL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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