Deonte Banks regrets letting the trash speak from a heated sport spill over onto social media.
The rookie Giants cornerback went viral Sunday for a video he revealed from the victorious postgame locker room ripping the Commanders for drafting cornerback Emmanuel Forbes over him at No. 16.
Banks, who grew up in Baltimore, not removed from Washington’s stadium in Landover, Md., slipped to No. 24 and was the fourth cornerback taken within the first spherical.
“I really like being a Big. It was nothing in opposition to the Giants,” Banks mentioned after Wednesday’s observe. “It was a little bit pleasant trash speak that I took too far.”
Within the video, Banks mentioned that the Commanders “may’ve got here and bought me at [pick] 16, and so they didn’t. Now I’m 2-0 in opposition to you bum-ass boys. F–okay the Commanders. They suppose they slick. They gonna see me two occasions a 12 months till the tip of my profession.”
Banks was stunned when the video started getting a lot consideration.
“As quickly because it got here out, I used to be like, ‘Ah, I didn’t even imply to do all that,’ ” Banks mentioned. “It was only a dangerous resolution on my half. We all the time speak about being a professional, and it was actual unprofessional on my finish.
Head coach Brian Daboll opted to maintain non-public particulars of his dialog with Banks, however it was clear that he disapproved.
“We don’t need to try this,” Daboll mentioned.
After recording his first profession interception within the Giants’ earlier win in opposition to the Commanders in Week 7, Banks restricted No. 1 receiver Terry McLaurin to 5 catches for 43 yards Sunday to finish the two-game sweep.
He shaded McLaurin within the video.
“Did No. 17 play at this time? That’s all I need to know,” Banks mentioned.
Requested if McLaurin may use that slight as motivation in future matchups, Banks mentioned, “I don’t know. He may simply take a look at it and be like, ‘No matter.’ Possibly he [will].”
Banks denied he was “genuinely harm” by the hometown Commanders drafting Forbes, who’s ranked No. 94 amongst cornerbacks by Professional Soccer Focus.
Banks is No. 108.
“I’m probably not nervous about what I’ve proven them,” Banks mentioned. “I simply fear about what I present the Giants in order that I can keep right here and hold going — that I’m participant and I hold getting higher each week. I’ve had some tough moments, however I’ve additionally had some nice moments, too. [I want to] end sturdy.”
Banks mentioned that he’ll take a distinct method to what he shares on social media sooner or later.
“It’s a lesson discovered for me,” Banks mentioned. “That’s by no means occurred to me earlier than, to be blown up like that. I didn’t understand it was going to be as massive because it was. It was an accident, actually.”