Super Bowl: Andy Reid rooting for Giants OC Mike Kafka to get Cardinals job
Mike Kafka, Giants offensive coordinator, previously was drafted by Andy Reid, who said, "I think he'd be tremendous" if he was hired as Arizona Cardinals coach. Credit: James Escher
PHOENIX — Andy Reid is in Arizona to try to win a Super Bowl, but while here, he’s also stumping for one of his former assistants.
Mike Kafka, the current Giants offensive coordinator who served under Reid as a passing game coordinator in Kansas City, is a finalist for the head-coaching job with the Cardinals. Reid said he had a moment to speak with Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill about that candidacy.
"He is very intelligent, a great human being," Reid said Tuesday, talking about what he told the Cardinals. "The quarterback [Kyler Murray] will love him. He'll challenge him to be better than he even is now. But he'll do a great job and challenge the team. The guys will respond."
Reid noted that he drafted Kafka, who was a quarterback at Northwestern, in 2010 when he was with the Eagles.
"I think he'd be tremendous."
Tom Rock began covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and became its NFL columnist in 2022. He previously was Newsday's Giants beat writer beginning in 2008.
