Three Chiefs who could follow Mike Kafka to New York Giants

The Kansas City Chiefs have lost a few members of Andy Reid’s coaching staff this offseason, some on both sides of the ball. On the defensive side, the Chiefs have waved goodbye to linebackers coach Matt House and cornerbacks coach Sam Madison. For the offensive side, quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka is the only one who has left but more changes might be in store.

Kafka has been called a hot head coaching commodity for a few years now even as he lacked any coordinator-level experience. Two years ago, the Chiefs made Kafka their passing-game coordinator in a move that gave him a promotion in the wake of such rumors. Last year, he was considered a favorite to potentially replace Doug Pederson in Philadelphia, but the Eagles’ job ended up going to Nick Sirianni.

This offseason, as the Chiefs continued to wonder why Eric Bieniemy cannot get a head coaching job after serving as offensive coordinator for the last four years, Kafka side-stepped any waiting process in K.C. by taking a job with the New York Giants.

WIth Mike Kafka heading to the New York Giants this offseason, a few of the Chiefs free agents could find a new home in the Big Apple.

The Giants are coming together under a new power regime with Joe Schoen as general manager and Brian Daboll as head coach (yes that same Brian Daboll who was the Chiefs OC in 2012). Daboll tapped Kafka on the shoulder to be his own offensive coordinator, and together they will hope to turn the corner in the Big Apple after years of mediocrity (the Giants have had a single season of .500 or more since 2013).

Every year, personnel changes around the league features corresponding player movement as new coaches import “their own guys”—names they trust in new places to help reinvent the culture of the organization. In Mike Kafka’s instance, it could mean asking the Giants to add a few Chiefs to make things easier for him in his first season.