Exclusive | Deonte Banks opens up to The Post on making his Giants reset count with strong preseason

He could not decide which one he liked better.“They both were good plays,” Deonte Banks told The Post.“I can’t really tell you my favorite.” Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.

How about that?That this specific question was posed to Banks and that there were two impressive plays to examine from the Giants’ 26-3 preseason victory over the Dolphins was a quantum leap in the right direction for a player who too often the past two seasons had to hear about all the plays he failed to make.To salvage what has been a Giants career on life support, Banks this summer was going to have to string together a series of positive plays, one after another, the good far exceeding the bad.

This was his challenge, and he is meeting it.The new coaching staff would be watching.And Banks, given the “bust” aura he unwantedly but deservingly was operating under, had to be considered a longshot to turn things around.He has.

The question right now is not if Banks will make the team — he will.Now it is a matter of how big of a factor he will be in the defensive backfield.“Everybody wants to start, for sure,” Banks said.

“You know that.”Can he see a pathway to make that happen?“Yes, for sure,” he said.That would be something, for sure.But Banks is not there, yet.The two starting cornerbacks at Hard Rock Stadium were Paulson Adebo and Greg Newsome II, as head coach John Harbaugh wanted to get them playing time after both sat out the preseason-opening loss to the Vikings.

Banks did not have to wait long.He was on the field alongside Adebo for the third series on defense.On the first play of the second quarter, Dolphins quarterback Cam Miller on third-and-6 looked for Kevin Coleman Jr.

over the middle.This is the sort of play Banks the past two seasons regularly gave up, often strong in coverage but not making the play.

This time, he was on Coleman like a glove and made the necessary c...