{"id":974270,"date":"2026-08-16T00:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/974270\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T00:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:18:18","slug":"deonte-banks-giants-resurgence-hits-snag-with-pair-of-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/974270\/","title":{"rendered":"Deonte Banks’ Giants resurgence hits snag with pair of penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deonte Banks might need his slate cleaned again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Left for bust after the last two seasons, the former first-round pick has shown signs of reviving his once-promising career during Giants training camp under new defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But practice isn\u2019t meaningful if it doesn\u2019t translate to games, and the handsy Banks committed two illegal-contact penalties (one declined) while starting and logging 23 defensive snaps Saturday in a 13-10 preseason loss to the Vikings<\/a>. <\/p>\n

He also returned a kickoff 27 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first one I had bad eyes, that was on me,\u201d Banks said. \u201cThe second one, I don\u2019t know what you want to do there. But I\u2019m not a ref.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps no one on the roster needed the fresh start that head coach John Harbaugh advertised more than Banks, who fell so far that he didn\u2019t play a single defensive snap in Weeks 13 and 14 last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"DeonteDeonte Banks reacts during the Giants\u2019 13-10 preseason loss
to the Vikings on Aug. 15, 2026 at MetLife Stadium. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave me a real reset,\u201d Banks said. \u201cI feel like this scheme fits me well. I love [Wilson\u2019s] energy. They want me to be me, be great at what I do \u2014 playing man [coverage], being aggressive. Stay consistent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Banks did not allow a catch and made two tackles, including one on fullback Max Bredeson on the game\u2019s second play after the Vikings ran to the perimeter in his direction for 18 yards on the first play. Banks\u2019 effort wasn\u2019t lacking as it had been at times in previous years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve always been a confident guy, but I\u2019m just ready to go compete and do what I do,\u201d Banks said. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to keep going and play my best football.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Banks has been rotating with the starters in camp as the Giants sort through a jumbled cornerback depth chart that is thinned right now by injuries to preseason projected starters Paulson Adebo and Greg Newsome II.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Is this a pivotal point in Banks\u2019 career? He is in a contract walk year after the Giants declined his fifth-year option.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, for sure,\u201d Banks said. \u201cIt\u2019s gotta be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vikings safety Jamal Adams \u2014 the former Jets star \u2014 suffered a noncontact knee injury and was carted back to the locker room<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

It is sure to stir up the MetLife Stadium turf-monster debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cInitial exam does not look good,\u201d a \u201ccrushed\u201d head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell said. \u201cDon\u2019t want to confirm anything until we see the [MRI exam] on that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

OLB Brian Burns, WR Malik Nabers, S Jevon Holland, Newsome, Adebo, CB Dru Phillips, LB Tremaine Edmunds, C John Michael Schmitz Jr., LT Andrew Thomas, DT Shelby Harris and DT D.J. Reader are the projected starters who did not play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WR Braxton Berrios was the No. 1 punt returner (two for 30 yards) and a starting kickoff returner alongside Banks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ben Sauls made a PAT and a half-ending 46-yard field goal while Dominic Zvada sat in the kicker competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deonte Banks might need his slate cleaned again.\u00a0 Left for bust after the last two seasons, the former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":974271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[13603,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9],"class_list":["post-974270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-giants","tag-deonte-banks","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkgiants","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117102320677847795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974270","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=974270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/974271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}