Overview
- Multiple outlets published the Giants’ unofficial Week 1 depth chart on Tuesday that lists Deonte Banks and Greg Newsome II as the starting boundary cornerbacks.
- Banks rebuilt his standing after a poor 2025 season and the team declined his fifth-year option on May 1, turning 2026 into a contract-year audition.
- Paulson Adebo, who carries a reported three-year, $54 million deal and a large 2026 cap hit, is listed behind Banks and Newsome after a camp that the coaching staff viewed as underwhelming.
- Head coach John Harbaugh praised Banks’ day-to-day consistency and defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson’s scheme is credited with helping Banks’ turnaround in practice and preseason play.
- The decision will be judged immediately on Sunday Night Football when Banks faces Dallas receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, a performance that could reshape his role and value before free agency.