lost 24-20 to the Bears<\/a> in Chicago, their fourth consecutive loss.<\/p>\n\u201cYeah, I certainly didn\u2019t anticipate it, but it\u2019s one of those things, they happen in this league,\u2019\u2019 Kafka said. \u201cI\u2019m appreciative of what Dabes has done for me as a professional, as a coach, as a person, and getting to understand and know his family. There\u2019s a human element to it, too, so I\u2019m very sensitive to that, and I wish him nothing but the best.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we\u2019ll continue to stay in touch with him because he\u2019s a great friend of mine. But there\u2019s a time for us in this group to continue to move forward and go enjoy this and enjoy this process and this journey.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Mike Kafka throws a football during Giants practice on Nov. 12, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
Kafka said he informed his quarterbacks that Winston \u2014 who had been the No. 3 quarterback all season \u2014 will start this week and that Russell Wilson will be the backup. Wilson started the first three games and then was the No. 2 quarterback behind Dart. Kafka said Wilson was a \u201ctrue pro\u201d when he was told about the demotion.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll do a great job,\u2019\u2019 Kafka said of Winston.<\/p>\n
Dart was forced out of the game against the Bears after he hit his head on the ground after running with the ball and fumbling late in the third quarter. Kafka all but ruled out Dart for Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
\u201cJaxson\u2019s still in the protocol,\u2019\u2019 Kafka said. \u201cHe\u2019s in the middle of it. To be honest with you, I have a lot of trust in our medical staff, in our medical team and they\u2019re taking great care of him. Each day I get a little bit of an update. He\u2019s right on track and right on pace in the program.\u201d<\/p>\n
There will be what Kafa called \u201cminor tweaks\u2019\u2019 to the player\u2019s schedule but there is only so much he can do in-season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think one of the most important things I stressed to the players was, we\u2019re not just going to change stuff to change it for no reason,\u2019\u2019 Kafka said.<\/p>\n
With Kafka serving as the offensive coordinator since 2022, players on the offensive side of the ball obviously have a much closer relationship with him than those on defense.<\/p>\n
Mike Kafka speaks to reporters before Giants practice on Nov. 12, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s ready for it,\u2019\u2019 receiver Darius Slayton said. \u201cHe does a great job of standing in front of the guys and giving the charge and giving direction over the past couple of days. Obviously, we know he\u2019s a good play caller.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
There was a difference to the way Kafka in his expanded role presented himself.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe definitely had a lot of energy,\u2019\u2019 Slayton said \u201cI feel like he was energized, he came in, you could tell he had a positive mindset, an opportunistic mindset, so to speak. I think anybody that gets a chance to get a job and get a promotion should be that way.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Receiver Wan\u2019Dale Robinson said Kafka\u2019s message was \u201cgo out there and let it rip,\u2019\u2019 and believes there will be plenty of open dialogue.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s going to be very open about listening to us and doing things maybe a little bit differently,\u2019\u2019 Robinson said.<\/p>\n
The Giants under Daboll blew four games this season when they were leading in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really have a lot of belief in this team, a lot of trust in this team, being around them, how these guys fight and battle,\u2019\u2019 Kafka said. \u201cI think we\u2019ve just had some things right there at the end that we\u2019ve just got to go grasp and take it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Of course this is an audition for Mike Kafka. He knows it. The players know it. The co-owners…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":374804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49262,21440,12949,58347,4716,1232,12116,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-374803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-brian-daboll","9":"tag-jameis-winston","10":"tag-jaxson-dart","11":"tag-mike-kafka","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-russell-wilson","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115539750688147955","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}