New York Giants assistant coach and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka served as the pinnacle coach of the Nationwide Group at this 12 months’s Reese’s Senior Bowl.
Kafka, who has taken a backseat to go coach Brian Dabol with the Giants, confirmed a unique aspect of his model as a head coach down in Cellular this week.
Attention-grabbing have 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
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Kakfa is without doubt one of the most celebrated, but underused, coordinators within the NFL. Final 12 months, he had the offensive play-calling tasks stripped away by Daboll, which didn’t yield any higher outcomes.
Daboll nonetheless holds Kafka in excessive regard as does normal supervisor Joe Schoen, who advised 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 mentioned throughout his media session on the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Cellular, Alabama on Tuesday. “He’s obtained an awesome status not solely in our constructing however across the league.”
Kafka is at the moment within the combine to develop into the pinnacle coach of the New Orleans Saints. They’ll make their resolution 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 learn from Kafka’s experiences, particularly with faculty gamers. The group feels it might give them a leg up in recruiting.
“Mike deserves the chance he has as one of many head coaches on this 12 months’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 mentioned in an announcement.
In latest 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.
