The New York Giants are in 12 months 2 of the Joe Schoen-Brian Daboll regime and their second draft class appears as if it might hit the sphere working this yr.
That every one begins with their first three picks — cornerback Deonte Banks, middle John Michael Schmitz and broad receiver Jalin Hyatt.
Banks is definitely planning on strolling proper out onto the taking part in discipline and making a distinction from the beginning as he’s tailored for coordinator Wink Martindale’s protection.
The 6-foot-1, 197-pound Banks all the time felt he could be an NFL participant and mentioned he truly knew the Giants have been going to draft him.
“I all the time thought this was attainable,” Banks mentioned on the Giants’ rookie minicamp earlier this month. “Truly, if I didn’t get injured, I might have entered [the 2022 draft]. However every little thing labored out in my favor, I really feel like. I graduated, too.”
Banks, the twenty fourth total choose on this yr’s NFL draft out of Maryland, is an aggressive participant who confronts broad receivers and wins the bodily battles, simply what the Giants want of their secondary.
“They play plenty of man, so if you already know me, you know the way I play man,” the bodily Banks mentioned. “It’s only a mentality factor. I simply love doing it.”
Banks is understood for his trash-talking as properly however toned issues down in his first exercises with the workforce.
“I’ve acquired to get in there first,” he mentioned. “I’ve acquired to make my mark first… I really feel like there’s no strain on me. I’m simply able to work.”
Banks ought to have a reasonably clear path to a beginning position at cornerback throughout from Adoree’ Jackson this yr. He’s prepared for the problem.
“By no means”, Banks mentioned when requested if he ever backs down from a problem. “That’s simply me. That’s who I’m.”
After surviving with a patchwork cornerback unit a season in the past, Banks, whilst a rookie, ought to present some stability outdoors. And given his fashion of play, it’s almost sure he’ll make a Day 1 impression for the Giants and defensive coordinator Wink Martindale.
