The struggling New York Giants have a new boss calling the shots, and he’s already making it clear that things are going to be different. Interim head coach Mike Kafka is moving away from the style of former coach Brian Daboll , and he proved it in his first game.

“Being late to meetings has been a trend during Carter’s rookie season that former coach Brian Daboll let slide, a source said,” wrote an NFL reporter for the Giants, Connor Hughes, on his X account.

On November 16, 2025, during a 27-20 loss to the Green Bay Packers , Kafka benched rookie linebacker Abdul Carter for the opening defensive drive.

Carter reportedly missed a team walk-through because he was asleep inside the team’s facility. Kafka’s decision to bench the highly drafted rookie was a decisive signal that

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