Banks saw enough tragedy in his life around Baltimore to make playing football — even in the NFL — seem almost trivial.
According to a story in the Baltimore Sun, Banks’ youth team quarterback, Cincere Johnson, was shot and killed in 2021, shortly after one of his coaches from that team, Bernard Richardson, was stabbed to death.Football is fun for Banks, not stressful. Stress comes off the field. Fun comes on the field, and that’s how he approaches his job.
If you listen to Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale and Banks’ teammates on defense, it seems he has been picking up his new job rather quickly. When it was suggested that Banks doesn’t come across as cocky, but “quietly confident,’’ Pinnock smiled and said, “That’s a perfect way to put it, because he’s not cocky and he’s not arrogant. He’s quietly confident.’’
Cornerback Deonte Banks breaks up a pass intended for wide receiver Darius Slayton during practice at the Giants training facility.“I kind of just jelled in with the team. The first two days of camp kind of overwhelmed me a little bit. It was just a faster vibe than I hadn’t really had before. So, I had to regroup myself and find my groove. Now, I’m just trying to keep it consistent.
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