Last offseason, New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka was a hot commodity. Several teams lined up to interview him for their vacant head coaching positions, while a few college teams also expressed interest.
Despite a poor offensive campaign here in 2023, Kafka is again expected to receive interest from some college teams over the next few months.
While Kafka may be open to listening to those pitches when the time comes, he’s not thinking about them right now. Rather, he’s focused on the 4-8 Giants and how he can help improve their offense over the final five games.
“That was something that wasn’t on my landscape at the time right now,” Kafka said of the Northwestern job. “Right now, this is what I’m focused on, being here and enjoying the process with the players and the coaches and going through this journey.”
Kafka may be solely focused on the Giants but some of the team’s assistants are also drawing interest from college programs. Running backs Jeff Nixon is among those as he’s being considered for the offensive coordinator job at Syracuse.
“Whichever decision Nix makes, I fully support on the route he wants to go, and I’d be happy for him,” Kafka said. “I think as far as the staffing and stuff, you’d have to ask Dabs about that.”
Whether recent reports about conflict among the Giants’ coaching staff are true or not, the team appears destined for some major turnover in the near future. All three coordinators are reportedly on their way out — something Wink Martindale disputes — and there will be change at the lower levels as well.
Both general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll appear to be safe but Giants fans should brace for a busy offseason.
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