New York Giants’ defensive line coach Andre Patterson on Friday issued a passionate takedown of Carl Banks’ comments this week that “nobody respects” Giants’ All-Pro defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence any longer.

“He’s [Banks] a great Giant player. But he is not coaching the D-Line, or a D-Line player in the National Football League. Players have all kinds of opinions, but that doesn’t mean it’s right,” Patterson said. “I’m not putting his opinion down. He has that right to have his opinion. The bottom line is the players are being evaluated truly by the people that coach them, and the players that play against them.

“As a coach and a player you’ve gotta keep your focus and mind in the right spot. You’ve gotta know what voices you listen to, and what voices you put to the back.”

Patterson

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