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Giants to hire Mike Kafka as new offensive coordinator: report
The New York Giants are constructing upon their profitable offseason after including Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterbacks coach and passing recreation coordinator as their new offensive coordinator.
Introduced on Thursday by NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo, Kafka might be main the Giants offense after beating out Houston Texans’ passing recreation coordinator and quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton and Browns receivers coach Chad O’Shea for the emptiness.
New York Giants new head coach Brian Daboll speaks throughout a information convention on the NFL soccer staff’s coaching facility, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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The G-Males have been initially rumored to bear robust curiosity in former Buffalo Payments quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey to comply with head coach Brian Daboll to the Meadowlands. Dorsey determined to simply accept the Payments’ supply to develop into the staff’s newest OC, changing the departed Daboll.
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka earlier than an NFL matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on October 6, 2019 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, MO.
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Hamilton was additionally deemed a lead candidate for the position as a result of his previous success scheming up offenses for Andrew Luck in Indianapolis.
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka talks with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throughout a daily season recreation between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Detroit Lions on September 29, 2019 at Ford Subject in Detroit, Michigan.
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Offensive coordinator turned a significant void for the Giants in 2021. The staff determined to fireside Jason Garrett mid-season and by no means noticed their deficiencies on offense relent after senior offensive assistant Freddie Kitchens was elevated to interim OC.
Kafka has been credited with aiding the event of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes since becoming a member of Andy Reid’s teaching employees in 2017.
Mahomes’ elusive pocket presence will now not be a crutch for Kafka as he seems to be to restore the turnover points and lack of manufacturing that has hindered Giants beginning QB Daniel Jones since his rookie marketing campaign.
Supply: Fox Information
