Four things Giants' Mike Kafka can do to distinguish himself

Russell Wilson after the Giants' loss to the Bears on Nov. 9, 2025. David Banks-Imagn Images

If Jameis Winston is ahead of Russell Wilson on the depth chart Wednesday, then Mike Kafka will have made his first big splash as interim head coach of the Giants before his first kickoff.

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It’s easy to see Kafka as Daboll’s right-hand man for the past four years — and play-caller for three of them — and assume that they are equally culpable in Daniel Jones’ stunted development, in running Jaxson Dart too often for him to avoid the concussion that he suffered Sunday , and in scoring the second-fewest cumulative points in the NFL since 2