Mike Kafka ’s seven-game audition for the Giants ’ head coaching job began Sunday.

And while the team played hard — and fairly well — for him, this home game against the Packers followed a familiar script for the beaten-down Giants.

Shane Bowen’s defense blew a fourth-quarter lead yet again, as Green Bay pulled out a 27-20 victory that dropped the Giants to 2-9.

Rinse and repeat, amid another lost season, as the Giants await the only thing that really matters now — quarterback Jaxson Dart returning and showing progress down the stretch of his rookie year.

Kafka, the Giants’ offensive coordinator, was elevated to interim head coach this week after the team fired Brian Daboll, mercifully ending his brutal tenure in East Rutherford.

Sunday brought a tough spot for Kafka, who had to

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