The New York Giants changed two of their three coordinators this offseason. They employed Shane Bowen to take over the protection after the staff parted methods with Wink Martindale and fired particular groups coach Thomas McGaughey in favor of Michael Ghobrial.
The one coordinator that stayed put — Mike Kafka (offense) — additionally had a little bit of a tumultuous offseason. He was actively being courted for (and reportedly sought) alternatives elsewhere after Giants head coach Brian Daboll pinned an enormous portion of their offensive woes on him.
From SNY’s Connor Hughes:
There was completely pressure there. The concept there wasn’t is comical. That is no totally different than when so many tried to persuade you there wasn’t a difficulty with Daboll and Wink Martindale. Kafka had his playcalling revoked at factors final season — scapegoating him for the unit’s issues. He was open to leaving — possibly much more than that, I used to be instructed. The Giants prevented it. They had been by no means going to let him depart for a lateral place.
And that promotion given to Kafka? Properly, there was a bit self-serving motivation behind that, too.
The promotion, or added job title, comes with a pay increase. That’s commonplace within the NFL. A staff prevents you from leaving, however provides you more money in response. To view that as an indication all is A-OK between the 2 in Giants land is foolish.
The Giants had been one of many NFL’s least productive offenses in 2023. They had been thirtieth in factors per recreation (15.6) and twenty ninth in yards per contest (280.0).
Accidents to the offensive line, all three quarterbacks, and two of their key producers (Saquon Barkley, Darren Waller) led to inconsistency and dysfunction when the Giants had the ball.
Blaming Kafka was the simple approach out. The underside line could be very little went proper and there have been few or no options in lots of these conditions.
