{"id":706626,"date":"2026-01-26T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/706626\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:37:15","slug":"senior-bowl-begins-kelvin-banks-jr-taliese-fuaga-2025-season-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/706626\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Bowl begins, Kelvin Banks Jr., Taliese Fuaga 2025 season recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the New Orleans Saints, a new season often starts in Mobile, Ala. The annual Panini Senior Bowl has become more than just a scouting event \u2014 it&#8217;s a proven talent pipeline that has shaped the modern identity of the franchise. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neworleanssaints.com\/new-orleans-saints-senior-bowl-mobile-scouting-track-record\" title=\"For the New Orleans Saints, draft season begins at the Senior Bowl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Orleans Saints tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. was the Saints&#8217; first-round draft pick (No. 9 overall) in &#8217;25, and immediately was installed as the starter at left tackle. He didn&#8217;t disappoint while displaying skills (footwork, agility, strength) that will make him a future NFL standout and foundational piece for the offense. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neworleanssaints.com\/news\/kelvin-banks-jr-taliese-fuaga-2025-season-recap\" title=\"Saints 2025 Season Recap | Tackles Kelvin Banks Jr. and Taliese Fuaga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the New Orleans Saints, a new season often starts in Mobile, Ala. The annual Panini Senior Bowl&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,81,2003,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-706626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-latest-news","10":"tag-morning-break","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115962147517426009","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}