The New York Giants will start CB Deonte Banks after he opted out in Week 7

If New York Giants cornerback Deonte Banks was penalized for his complete lack of effort in the Week 7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, it will remain internal.

Head coach Brian Daboll announced Friday that Banks will not be on the bench Monday night when the Giants play the Pittsburgh Steelers and will assume his normal starting role.

“He’s going to start,” Daboll said, via NJ Advance Media. “We spoke to Tae. We’ll keep that in house.”

It’s at least the second time this season the Giants have been forced to “talk to Tae.” He showed a similar lack of effort during a Week 4 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, which drew the public ire of defensive backs coach Jerome Henderson.

Banks claims he let his emotions get the best of him in the game against the Eagles, but also admitted to The Athletic that he simply made a business decision when he avoided contact with a struggling Jalen Hurts early in the fourth quarter.

“I think I could have done it, but sometimes when you’re in that moment you just think, ‘No.’ But I think I could have made a tackle,” Banks said, according to Dan Duggan.

Defensive captain Dexter Lawrence said Banks’ lack of effort was also discussed within the team, but declined to provide further details. He simply swore it wouldn’t happen again.

Shane Bowen, the team’s defensive coordinator, expressed similar sentiments.

“We expect these guys to give their all in every attack to get into the tackle. Make sure they stay on track and do all of these things. That is the expectation. That is the standard we want to have everywhere here,” he told reporters. “Something we need to continue to practice. We addressed it as a coaching staff, with the unit and everyone else. We hope that we can continue to see progress and growth in this regard from all of our boys in the future.”

And that’s it, as they say.