Earlier in his coaching career, Mike Kafka was a member of the Chiefs staff while a prized rookie quarterback did not play for most of his first season in the NFL.
Patrick Mahomes went on to become the MVP of the league by his second year — and a Super Bowl champion by Year 4 — after Kafka was promoted to Kansas City’s quarterbacks coach before becoming the Giants offensive coordinator in 2022.
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“That was one of my first questions when I met [Kafka] in this whole draft process, what it was like in his development with Pat,” Giants first-round pick Jaxson Dart told The Post after Thursday’s practice ahead of Sunday night’s game aga