The New York Giants had that game against the Detroit Lions practically wrapped up until Mike Kafka decided to trust his gut a little too much. In just his second game as interim head coach, Kafka rolled the dice on a late fourth-and-goal call, skipped the easy field goal, and came up empty.

That decision cracked the door open, the Lions stormed through for a 34–27 win, and even Donald Trump jumped in to blast the playcalling. Now, days later, Kafka is finally clearing the air on what went into that moment and why he stuck with the aggressive approach.

“This is one of the coolest things,” Kafka said on Wednesday. “Just for me, being in this position, you get the opportunity to make tough calls like and that’s for me, that’s awesome. I love it. You get it down the wire, two mi

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