{"id":708674,"date":"2026-01-27T10:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708674\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:26:20","slug":"eagles-oc-candidate-mike-kafka-accepts-high-ranking-position-with-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708674\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles’ OC candidate Mike Kafka accepts high-ranking position with Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eagles have one less offensive coordinator candidate to choose from. <\/p>\n

Former Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka<\/a> has joined the Lions in a high-ranking offensive staff role, according to NFL Network.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kafka interviewed for the Eagles\u2019 OC opening last week, and among the candidates, he arguably has the best combination of youth and experience. <\/p>\n

After the Giants fired head coach Brian Daboll in November, Kafka became New York\u2019s interim coach for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n

Despite New York\u2019s offense struggling over the last three years, Kafka is still highly respected as an offensive coach and has been considered a potential head coach.<\/p>\n

The Eagles are familiar with Kafka from his time as a player. He was Philadelphia\u2019s backup quarterback in 2010 and 2011. <\/p>\n

After his short NFL career, Kafka joined former Eagles coach Andy Reid\u2019s staff with the Chiefs. He spent four of his five years in Kansas City as the quarterbacks coach for Patrick Mahomes. <\/a><\/p>\n

Kafka called plays for the Giants\u2019 offense in 2022, 2023 and 2025. New York ranked 18th in total offense in 2022, 29th in 2023 and 13th in 2025. <\/p>\n

The numbers are underwhelming, but Kafka\u2019s struggles are tied to the Giants\u2019 offensive line and quarterback issues. He could have had more success with Philadelphia\u2019s talented supporting cast.<\/p>\n

But with the Lions, Kafka could restore his stock as a future head coach. He could spend one season in Detroit before taking another OC job next offseason. The Eagles may not have made him an offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles have one less offensive coordinator candidate to choose from. Former Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[75435,25,7,6,31185,242,109,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-708674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-a1c00808","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nflraw25","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","15":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115966587019366090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}