Deonte Banks’ Giants resurgence hits snag with pair of penalties

Deonte Banks might need his slate cleaned again. Left for bust after the last two seasons, the former first-round pick has shown signs of reviving his once-promising career during Giants training camp under new defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson. But practice isn’t meaningful if it doesn’t translate to games, and the handsy Banks committed two illegal-contact penalties (one declined) while starting and logging 23 defensive snaps Saturday in a 13-10 preseason loss to the Vikings. He also returned a kickoff 27 yards. “The first one I had bad eyes, that was on me,” Banks said. “The second one, I don’t know what you want to do there. But I’m not a ref.” Perhaps no one on the roster needed the fresh start that head coach John Harbaugh advertised more than Banks, who fell so far that he didn’t