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Inside Look at Carl Banks' Legendary Career

Ira : 9/24/2022 7:10 pm
A nice synopsis on Banks' playing career including the two Super Bowls he helped win.
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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 9/24/2022 7:33 pm : link
I watched XXI live, but was so young that it didn't really stick.

At the beginning of the pandemic-when there was nothing going on-I watched Giants-Broncos XXI again. Banks was UFB. He was all over the place. I know Simms got the MVP & deservedly so, but Banks was the MVP of the defense that game.
Imagine that group  
eli4life : 9/24/2022 7:36 pm : link
With Reggie white. It boggles my mind how we didn’t take him
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eli4life : 9/24/2022 7:38 pm : link
In comment 15829552 eli4life said:
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With Reggie white. It boggles my mind how we didn’t take him


And to add if we did take him would he still of ushered in the age of free agency?
Ira  
M.S. : 9/24/2022 8:55 pm : link
That was awesome!
He should be in the HOF  
DisgruntledNYGfan : 9/24/2022 10:14 pm : link
He’s already in the 80s All Decade Team.
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Trainmaster : 9/24/2022 11:37 pm : link
But how they didn’t have any Banks highlights from the 49-3 whipping of the 49ers in the playoff game boggles my mind. John Madden was raving about how Banks shut down the 49ers running and short passing game. An epic miss IMHO.
Funny, but Banks two big years were the first Super Bowl in 86 and the  
Reese's Pieces : 9/25/2022 1:39 am : link
strike year the next year. After that he was never the same dominant player. I think someone told me it was due to an injury.
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