For now, Mike Kafka is the offensive play-caller for the Giants — now being the organized crew exercise periods this spring.
It's Kafka, the first-year offensive coordinator, who's making the calls to the quarterbacks in these practices. Maybe it's an audition, with head coach Brian Daboll watching intently to see if the 34-year-old Kafka is as much as the duty. Kafka is in his sixth yr as a coach — the previous 5 with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs — and has by no means earlier than known as performs, as Andy Reid dealt with that task in Kansas Metropolis.
“We’ll let Dabes consider that, and he has each proper to guage how he needs to deal with that,’’ Kafka stated Thursday.
A former beginning quarterback at Northwestern and a backup, totally on follow squads, for seven NFL groups, Kafka was considerably of a shock selection by Daboll, provided that the 2 had no earlier connection — apart from Kafka spent just a few months within the 2013 offseason with the Patriots when Daboll was the tight ends coach in New England.
“We by no means labored collectively or had an in depth relationship however had plenty of respect for what he did with Patrick, and clearly the system they used at Kansas Metropolis was an explosive system, unfold the sector, get your playmakers in house, and that’s the kind of offense that I subscribe to,’’ Daboll stated.
Kafka stated “in fact’’ when requested if he wish to name the performs on offense sooner or later in his profession.
“I believe each offensive coordinator aspires to name performs, so sure,’’ he stated.
Daboll was the offensive coordinator in Buffalo and has intensive expertise as a play-caller. Typically, former coordinators discover it troublesome handy over the keys to their offense for another person to drive. Daboll has not stated what he'll do shifting ahead into the season.
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Kafka believes he's prepared.
“It's a must to have a really feel for the sport, perceive what your gamers do finest, put them in a great place to achieve success, understanding what the protection is presenting you and how one can assault it,” he stated. “So it’s sort of all encompassing.’’
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