Giants brass explains the details behind the Deonte Banks selection
The New York Giants finally have a potential lockdown corner when it comes to their most recent selection in Maryland corner Deonte Banks. After a night one trade that saw them move up one spot from 25 to 24 in a trade with the Jaguars, New York clearly wanted no part of risking someone else […]
The New York Giants finally have a potential lockdown corner when it comes to their most recent selection in Maryland corner Deonte Banks.
After a night one trade that saw them move up one spot from 25 to 24 in a trade with the Jaguars, New York clearly wanted no part of risking someone else trading with the Jaguars and them losing out on Banks.
So after the selection, both GM Joe Schoen and HC Brian Daboll explained their thought process on the selection and why it was Banks. Let's analyze their comments from a busy night one.
"The way it went down and the way the board fell, we were getting depleted," said Schoen. "So it was the right thing to do for us. We do a lot of research on team needs, and what people need behind us, and including the team that we traded with. So that was a scenario we put together early in the day if we got there, and we were worried about anybody else coming up to that position. We had something in place with Jacksonville and it worked out."
"Banks is a "prototype from a size standpoint. He's athletic. He's physical. He can run. He ran 4.32 at the Combine," noted Schoen. "He has arm length, big hands. He's been a four-year starter. He was hurt a year ago but he has played a lot of ball there at Maryland and schematically, he's a good fit. And we spent a lot of time with him. Met with him at the Combine. He's a guy that, you know, we went down to the pro day, and we spent a good amount of time with him, and again we felt comfortable with him."
"This is a passing league," Daboll said. "We have a tough division and, he's a tall, lengthy, press, man-to-man corner who we had graded high, and happy we have him."
"We still have our premium, second, third, fourth," Schoen said. "We are in good shape from that standpoint if we want to move around."
So there you have it. The Giants envisioned a modern defense that can hold up against the high-powered passing attacks that are plentiful not only throughout the league but in their division with the reigning NFC champion Eagles.
With multiple picks on day two of the draft, the Giants are far from done, and evident by Schoen's aforementioned quote, they may be in the running for yet another trade, so buckle up, rounds two and three should be fun.
