Pressure's On Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka to Get Giants Offense Humming
The New York Giants are entering a crucial season in 2024. After finishing this season 6-11, there are expectations for the team to begin trending closer to being the group that stunned the NFL in 2022 when it went 9-7-1 and made its first postseason berth since 2016.
That means the seat under head coach Brian Daboll will be a little warmer than last year following his Coach of the Year first season. Although there were many reasons for the Giants' lack of success this past season that weren't related to coaching, if the Giants should falter again, Daboll's status could become even more precarious.
Such is the opinion of The Spun's Tzvi Machlin, who listed coaches who could be moving after this season. Machlin includes Daboll and Jets head coach Robert Saleh as being in the same boast, noting:
If the magic has truly worn off of the Giants' superb 2022 season and 2024 is more like 2023, then both New York City football teams will be looking for new head coaches. Since Daboll might not be the culture changer that the Giants are looking for, they might find one in [Mike] Vrabel, who appears to be taking the year off after a superb run with the Tennessee Titans.
Machlin also believes that regardless of what happens with Daboll, offensive coordinator Mike Kafka and the Giants could part ways after this season, with Kafka likely to get a head coaching position elsewhere. And Machlin believes that if that happens, Kafka might not have to go far for his next job.
[Robert] Saleh is doomed. But [New York Jets'] general manager Joe Douglas might get a stay of execution. If he does, he stays inside the city limits to find Saleh's replacement: Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka.
While the heat is on the entire Giants staff, given the struggles of the team's offense last season, it's especially hotter for Daboll and Kafka, the architects and primary orchestrators of the offense, to make sure that the Giants don't have a repeat of last season.
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