New York Giants offensive coordinator and interim head coach Mike Kafka interviewed for the Philadelphia Eagles vacant offensvie coordinator job, per a report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
It isn’t particularly
surprising that Kafka is getting attention as an offensive coordinator candidate. He’s a respected offensive mind who is respected around the NFL. Kafka has received head coaching interviews every off-season since becoming the Giants’ offensive coordinator, and the Giants’ offense has played above it’s talent level under him.
It also isn’t surprsing that the Eagles would show interest in Kafka. After all, he has significant experience with dual threat quarterbacks after coaching Daniel Jones and Jaxson Dart. Kafka was also originally drafted by the Eagles back in the 4th round of the 2010 NFL Draft, and he both played and coached under Andy Reid.
The Eagles have also interviewed former Giants’ head coach Brian Daboll (who has also interviewed for the Tennessee Titans’ coaching vacancy).
NFL Insider Pete Schrager reported on the Bill Simmons podcast that Kafka remains in the mix for the Giants offensive coordinator position, saying,
“But Mike Kafka, who was the interim coach and the offensive coordinator last year. I got from pretty good people. He’s still in the mix for offensive coordinator of the New York Giants. It’s the rare, like, alright, so I was offensive coordinator, new head coach. And I was the interim head coach. Still might be the OC because Dart actually showed a lot of flashes with him.”
It’s expected that Todd Monken will be the favorite to be the Giants’ offensive coordinator under John Harbaugh. However, there will still be a hiring process and Monken is a candidate for the Cleveland Browns head coaching position. With that in mind, it’s possible that Kafka could win the job outright thanks to the work he’s already shown with Jaxson Dart, or he could become the frontrunner if Monken is hired by the Browns.
That, of course, is contingent on Kafka not being hired by the Eagles before the Giants begin interviewing for their own offensive coordinator role.
