Boomer Esiason didn't hold back when he heard about the brewing tension inside the New York Giants locker room. The former NFL quarterback and WFAN host unloaded on Giants pass rusher Abdul Carter for publicly blasting teammate Jaxson Dart over a recent appearance with Donald Trump.
The drama kicked off after Dart introduced the former president at a speech in Suffern, New York, last Friday. Carter saw a clip of the moment and fired off a since-deleted post on X, writing, “Thought this s— was AI. What we doing man.”
Esiason, who has previously told U.S. Olympic athletes critical of Trump to “pipe down and just do their sport,” made it clear he thinks Dart was in the right. Instead, he took aim at Carter for airing grievances on social media instead of handling it face-to-face.
Esiason Calls Carter's Move 'Ridiculous'
“This was a real error on the part of Abdul Carter, not on the part of Jaxson Dart,” Esiason said on his radio show. “Jaxson Dart was asked to introduce the President of the United States. How many people get an opportunity to do something like that, regardless of who the president is?”
Carter later claimed in another deleted tweet that he and Dart had talked “as men” and were “good.” But Esiason wasn't buying it. He pointed to Carter's earlier request to wear the Giants' retired No. 56—honoring Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor—which the team denied. Taylor, appointed to Trump's President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, has introduced Trump multiple times.
“To put this out like a child on social media is ridiculous,” Esiason said. “And then when I heard, ‘Yeah we spoke man to man.’ There was only one man on that call, and that was Jaxson Dart. You were a man who was late to meetings. You were a man who didn’t live up to your draft choice. You’re a man who wanted to wear No. 56. And by the way, your idol No. 56 has introduced Donald Trump numerous times, so I don’t want to hear this. He made another just boneheaded error by going to social media.”
The radio host's blast echoes the hypocrisy exposed in Carter's idolization of a Trump supporter while he attacked his own teammate for doing the same thing. Esiason's criticism also aligns with Giants tackle Eluemunor's efforts to shut down locker room drama over the issue.
Carter, a 2025 first-round pick, has had a rocky start to his NFL career, with Esiason referencing his tardiness and underperformance. The 22-year-old's social media spat with Dart has only added fuel to the fire, drawing attention from across the league.
As the Giants prepare for the upcoming season, the question remains whether this incident will blow over or linger. For now, Esiason has made his stance loud and clear: Carter messed up, and Dart did nothing wrong.
