If the preseason is any indication of what the real thing is going to look like, the New Orleans Saints appear to have landed their left tackle of the present and future in Kelvin Banks Jr.

The No. 9 overall pick has performed admirably in the first two preseason games, but especially in his Superdome debut last week , when he did not allow a single pressure in 10 pass blocking snaps.

More than half of those snaps came against the Jacksonville Jaguars excellent edge rusher duo, Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen, a pair that combined to record 18.5 sacks last season.

“They’re different styles of rusher, there’s multiple things they can throw at you,” Banks said of going up against Walker and Hines-Allen. “… Just getting that little taste of it is helping me out a lot, for sure, jus

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