New York Giants assistant coach and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka served as the top coach of the Nationwide Staff at this yr’s Reese’s Senior Bowl.
Kafka, who has taken a backseat to move coach Brian Dabol with the Giants, confirmed a distinct facet of his fashion as a head coach down in Cellular this week.
Fascinating take a look at a mic’d up Mike Kafka on the Senior Bowl. A way more animated model of Kafka than we ever get to see. https://t.co/PEvMf8OsvV pic.twitter.com/2P4TTltJoc
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) February 3, 2025
Kakfa is likely one of the most celebrated, but underused, coordinators within the NFL. Final yr, he had the offensive play-calling obligations stripped away by Daboll, which didn’t yield any higher outcomes.
Daboll nonetheless holds Kafka in excessive regard as does common supervisor Joe Schoen, who instructed reporters he was “hoping” that Kafka wasn’t employed away as their head coach this offseason.
“There’s a purpose these groups proceed to interview him for head teaching jobs,” Schoen stated throughout his media session on the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Cellular, Alabama on Tuesday. “He’s received an important popularity not solely in our constructing however across the league.”
Kafka is at present within the combine to develop into the top coach of the New Orleans Saints. They’ll make their choice after interviewing Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore after the Tremendous Bowl.
It’s nothing new for Kafka, who over the previous three winters has interviewed with the Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals, and Tennessee Titans for head teaching positions.
The Giants stand to profit from Kafka’s experiences, particularly with school gamers. The workforce feels it may give them a leg up in recruiting.
“Mike deserves the chance he has as one of many head coaches on this yr’s Senior Bowl. His expertise as a participant and coach is invaluable to those younger males who will quickly be skilled gamers. He’s an distinctive coach and can function a useful resource for everybody concerned all through the week,” Daboll stated in a press release.
In current days, it has been reported that the Giants may very well be contemplating re-assigning the play-calling duties again to Kafka ought to he return.
