November 23, 2025 • 8 mins
Interim head coach Mike Kafka speaks to the media Sunday after the Giants' loss to the Lions.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So the uh, you know, the one kind of bigger
injury finding and folds coming out with the neck. You know,
we'll see where he's at. You know, I haven't had
a chance to talk to him yet, but that was
the one to hand, the one big one.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
He decided to not keep the funeral talking about the
first goal for the two talking about log.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Decision not yeah, we you know we we did want
to be aggressive this thought it was a good time
to just take points in that situation, go up two
scores and just you know, he had a good flow,
you know, wanted to just go up to his course.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Start with.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
So Dex's, Dex's you know, he's battling for us. Man,
he had a little bit, he had a little nick
with his uh, he got a little nick for us.
So he was you know, he was battling. He gave
us everything he had for as many plays as we
possibly get him in there. But there was a management
part of that to make sure we can maximize him
in certain situations, third downs things like that where his
past rush could be in effect. So he wasn't out
there for that first time. He could have been there, absolutely, yes, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Thursday, talking about I think he needs to use the
same word, your finger on the same place.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I wouldn't say it's the same old story.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I think we had an opportunity at the end of
the game, and you know, took a really good team
to overtime, and you know, we got to find a
way to finish those games.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
I really believe in our players. I believe in our coaches.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
They're battling their heart out, they're heart out for us,
and you know, just continuing to have that mentality, like
that aggressive mentality, and continue to ramp it up come
practice time this next week. You know, that's the only
thing we can look at right now, is all right,
where can we get better? Where can we improve? Take
those take those little things and let's really work on.
Let's detail them out and make sure that doesn't happen again.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Get hurt. I'm sorry, get hurt.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
So he was just been battling it like that throughout
the game. I think it kind of kind of flired
up a little bit more in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And the game U down there. You can go a
long way and the game if you sort of touchdown
here on that work down.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, we're just trying to score as many points as
possible and trying to win the game. So if we're
if we're going to be aggressive on fourth down, that
means that we like the play call like we want
to do. I think there's times in the game where
you just got to take that into consideration of you know,
when you want to kick a field goal, when you
want to go for a touchdown. I thought all game
we had a really good consensus and really good communication
with the entire staff, our game management crew on when
(02:26):
we want to be aggressive and be calculated when we
can go for fourth downs and take shots at the
end zone.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Obviously did like you had to you most yards.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So yeah, that that factors into it, for sure. You know,
that definitely factors into it. And you know where where
we're out of the field, you know, you're all of
a sudden, now you're whatever fourth and goal from the six.
You know, maybe just our decision was I thought a
correct one. I was stand by it, and you know
we took points to go up ten points.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
You guys work first order the second decision to go from.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Later in the game.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, yeah, decision, no, like you just take you just
take every situation within itself, that one play you focus
on where we're at in the game. For that, you
don't try to make decisions based on previous previous plays
or results. So we just we went with our with
our the numbers and what we felt confident in that
situation for that play.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Teams, watchings, whatever that mean. What did you see in
those games runs and what was going on here?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I have to look, I'll have to look at the tape,
you know, I'm talking with the offense, and obviously I
saw the run, didn't know exactly you know, what what
happened as a result of that run, and probably you know,
look at where the fits are at on it. But
he's a good player, and we knew he was going
to get in some space and they were going to
give them, give him some opportunities, and we had to
you know, had to figure out a way to rally
him up. And that one he got us others player
(03:57):
just a situation you saw. Yeah, we had we had
it up. We've had it up for a couple of weeks.
Just felt like a good opportunity, a good good time
in the game. To call it, uh, it does have
a name, it's just what it is, this gunner getting
in the game. We're just wanted to share the name,
but it was a It was a good play by
those guys.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
They made the hi. You know, that would be a
time when you're good at frustrated, you're smiling. Some of
the players. A top conversation is that you're doing that
on purpose, they says of the teams. That's just national reaction.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Yeah, I mean we're on overtime.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Let's go win it overtime, like that's where, or go
win it in the in the game right there, like
we still had an opportunity to go down the field
like great, that's a great opportunity to go try and
win the game. So I'm trying to keep my cool.
I'm gonna try and stay positive with the guys because
we still had chances and you know, until the clock
runs out, like we're gonna continue to take chances to
try and win the game. So we're not We're not
(04:56):
gonna like that's football. I played it, you know, been
as a player in my whole life. But you know,
coaching it, things like that happen. That's a great challenge.
Now it's another opportunity for the offense to come up
and step up and try and win it. And we
had some We had some opportunities there at the end
as we were driving it, and then you know, we
kind of got.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
To step back. So we so we laid off the gas.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
And said, right, let's take this thing overtime. But man,
I want I want our players to feel that way.
If something bad happens, all right, great, just get back
on the horse and let's let's get back in our
mentality of attack mode.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
You do so many good things as you did today
both sides. How difficult it is, how many terms you.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Just not getting consult. Listen, this is a team game.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Everybody's got to work together on it, special teams, offense, defense.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
So there's not one you know, there's not one group.
It's like all of us.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
It's all of us, the players, it's the coaches, it's
the staff, it's the whole organization.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Find a way to win.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
And so we got to find ways to get better,
find a way to create an edge for ourselves. And
that's what we're going to do as a you know myself,
I'm going to evaluate everything across the board.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Where can we where can we find an edge go win.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
A football game? That's we're at right now. Jamis played
his tail off, very very proud of him. I mean
the throws he made, he stood up in a pocket
versus a very good defense, had a lot of production.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
In the past.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Game our guys one for him early oh line blocked
their tail off. All game, our backs ran hard. Like
I thought, I really liked the plan and I thought
Jamis executed and managed the game excellently.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
He's I think, wanted to add a career high in yards.
He had. He had a good match.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
We like the matchup there, and he's a very talented
player and you just let him go and you know,
he made some big time plays for us. Again, tough kid,
battle through some you know, getting ding, kicking some big hits,
and this kid just continues to just keep on coming
back and fighting.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
He's the guy that I can just go to war
with every day of the week.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
How do you forward down with the quarterback this see?
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah, well we'll see where Jackson is in the in
the protocol and then and then we'll just make a
decision based off that that info.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
You feel like it's the same, you know, significant game.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I'm to be sure issue.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That is to you. Thanks, Thanks, continue to continue to
come together as a group, continue to lead them, continue
to show give them examples, and put them in positions
that are difficult so that they can work their way
battle through it. I think, you know, having confidence that
I do have a lot of confidence in this group
of players, a lot of conference, group of coaches, and
so you know, there's a lot of good things that
(07:30):
can come out of this game. We'll take We'll take
those and we'll continue to build on that and then
the stuff that we got to get cleaned up, those issues.
You know, we'll find solutions for these guys. Then we'll
go work it and have a great intent and practice
and put you know, put together a great practice design
so that we can go and knock these things out
that are giving us issues.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
You mentioned about them. Jackson comes this protooloo.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Yeah, bearing a decision like we'll just yeah, we'll kind
of play that out by Like I like Jackson, if
he's if he had it healthy and right to go,
you won't.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Do you still have full confidence in shape bo as
you break Calf's ordre off of this obviously plenty of good.
But again an.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Other times I make to call that, yeah, I do.
I have a lot of confidence in Shane and his
entire staff,
So the uh, you know, the one kind of bigger
injury finding and folds coming out with the neck. You know,
we'll see where he's at. You know, I haven't had
a chance to talk to him yet, but that was
the one to hand, the one big one.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
He decided to not keep the funeral talking about the
first goal for the two talking about log.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Decision not yeah, we you know we we did want
to be aggressive this thought it was a good time
to just take points in that situation, go up two
scores and just you know, he had a good flow,
you know, wanted to just go up to his course.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Start with.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
So Dex's, Dex's you know, he's battling for us. Man,
he had a little bit, he had a little nick
with his uh, he got a little nick for us.
So he was you know, he was battling. He gave
us everything he had for as many plays as we
possibly get him in there. But there was a management
part of that to make sure we can maximize him
in certain situations, third downs things like that where his
past rush could be in effect. So he wasn't out
there for that first time. He could have been there, absolutely, yes, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Thursday, talking about I think he needs to use the
same word, your finger on the same place.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I wouldn't say it's the same old story.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I think we had an opportunity at the end of
the game, and you know, took a really good team
to overtime, and you know, we got to find a
way to finish those games.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
I really believe in our players. I believe in our coaches.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
They're battling their heart out, they're heart out for us,
and you know, just continuing to have that mentality, like
that aggressive mentality, and continue to ramp it up come
practice time this next week. You know, that's the only
thing we can look at right now, is all right,
where can we get better? Where can we improve? Take
those take those little things and let's really work on.
Let's detail them out and make sure that doesn't happen again.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Get hurt. I'm sorry, get hurt.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
So he was just been battling it like that throughout
the game. I think it kind of kind of flired
up a little bit more in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And the game U down there. You can go a
long way and the game if you sort of touchdown
here on that work down.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, we're just trying to score as many points as
possible and trying to win the game. So if we're
if we're going to be aggressive on fourth down, that
means that we like the play call like we want
to do. I think there's times in the game where
you just got to take that into consideration of you know,
when you want to kick a field goal, when you
want to go for a touchdown. I thought all game
we had a really good consensus and really good communication
with the entire staff, our game management crew on when
(02:26):
we want to be aggressive and be calculated when we
can go for fourth downs and take shots at the
end zone.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Obviously did like you had to you most yards.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So yeah, that that factors into it, for sure. You know,
that definitely factors into it. And you know where where
we're out of the field, you know, you're all of
a sudden, now you're whatever fourth and goal from the six.
You know, maybe just our decision was I thought a
correct one. I was stand by it, and you know
we took points to go up ten points.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
You guys work first order the second decision to go from.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Later in the game.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, yeah, decision, no, like you just take you just
take every situation within itself, that one play you focus
on where we're at in the game. For that, you
don't try to make decisions based on previous previous plays
or results. So we just we went with our with
our the numbers and what we felt confident in that
situation for that play.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Teams, watchings, whatever that mean. What did you see in
those games runs and what was going on here?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I have to look, I'll have to look at the tape,
you know, I'm talking with the offense, and obviously I
saw the run, didn't know exactly you know, what what
happened as a result of that run, and probably you know,
look at where the fits are at on it. But
he's a good player, and we knew he was going
to get in some space and they were going to
give them, give him some opportunities, and we had to
you know, had to figure out a way to rally
him up. And that one he got us others player
(03:57):
just a situation you saw. Yeah, we had we had
it up. We've had it up for a couple of weeks.
Just felt like a good opportunity, a good good time
in the game. To call it, uh, it does have
a name, it's just what it is, this gunner getting
in the game. We're just wanted to share the name,
but it was a It was a good play by
those guys.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
They made the hi. You know, that would be a
time when you're good at frustrated, you're smiling. Some of
the players. A top conversation is that you're doing that
on purpose, they says of the teams. That's just national reaction.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Yeah, I mean we're on overtime.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Let's go win it overtime, like that's where, or go
win it in the in the game right there, like
we still had an opportunity to go down the field
like great, that's a great opportunity to go try and
win the game. So I'm trying to keep my cool.
I'm gonna try and stay positive with the guys because
we still had chances and you know, until the clock
runs out, like we're gonna continue to take chances to
try and win the game. So we're not We're not
(04:56):
gonna like that's football. I played it, you know, been
as a player in my whole life. But you know,
coaching it, things like that happen. That's a great challenge.
Now it's another opportunity for the offense to come up
and step up and try and win it. And we
had some We had some opportunities there at the end
as we were driving it, and then you know, we
kind of got.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
To step back. So we so we laid off the gas.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
And said, right, let's take this thing overtime. But man,
I want I want our players to feel that way.
If something bad happens, all right, great, just get back
on the horse and let's let's get back in our
mentality of attack mode.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
You do so many good things as you did today
both sides. How difficult it is, how many terms you.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Just not getting consult. Listen, this is a team game.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Everybody's got to work together on it, special teams, offense, defense.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
So there's not one you know, there's not one group.
It's like all of us.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
It's all of us, the players, it's the coaches, it's
the staff, it's the whole organization.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Find a way to win.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
And so we got to find ways to get better,
find a way to create an edge for ourselves. And
that's what we're going to do as a you know myself,
I'm going to evaluate everything across the board.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Where can we where can we find an edge go win.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
A football game? That's we're at right now. Jamis played
his tail off, very very proud of him. I mean
the throws he made, he stood up in a pocket
versus a very good defense, had a lot of production.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
In the past.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Game our guys one for him early oh line blocked
their tail off. All game, our backs ran hard. Like
I thought, I really liked the plan and I thought
Jamis executed and managed the game excellently.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
He's I think, wanted to add a career high in yards.
He had. He had a good match.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
We like the matchup there, and he's a very talented
player and you just let him go and you know,
he made some big time plays for us. Again, tough kid,
battle through some you know, getting ding, kicking some big hits,
and this kid just continues to just keep on coming
back and fighting.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
He's the guy that I can just go to war
with every day of the week.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
How do you forward down with the quarterback this see?
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah, well we'll see where Jackson is in the in
the protocol and then and then we'll just make a
decision based off that that info.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
You feel like it's the same, you know, significant game.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I'm to be sure issue.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That is to you. Thanks, Thanks, continue to continue to
come together as a group, continue to lead them, continue
to show give them examples, and put them in positions
that are difficult so that they can work their way
battle through it. I think, you know, having confidence that
I do have a lot of confidence in this group
of players, a lot of conference, group of coaches, and
so you know, there's a lot of good things that
(07:30):
can come out of this game. We'll take We'll take
those and we'll continue to build on that and then
the stuff that we got to get cleaned up, those issues.
You know, we'll find solutions for these guys. Then we'll
go work it and have a great intent and practice
and put you know, put together a great practice design
so that we can go and knock these things out
that are giving us issues.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
You mentioned about them. Jackson comes this protooloo.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Yeah, bearing a decision like we'll just yeah, we'll kind
of play that out by Like I like Jackson, if
he's if he had it healthy and right to go,
you won't.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Do you still have full confidence in shape bo as
you break Calf's ordre off of this obviously plenty of good.
But again an.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Other times I make to call that, yeah, I do.
I have a lot of confidence in Shane and his
entire staff,
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