Super Bowl: Andy Reid rooting for Giants OC Mike Kafka to get Cardinals job
PHOENIX — Andy Reid is in Arizona to try to win a Super Bowl, but while here, he’s also stumping for one of his former assistants.
Mike Kafka, the current Giants offensive coordinator who served under Reid as a passing game coordinator in Kansas City, is a finalist for the head-coaching job with the Cardinals. Reid said he had a moment to speak with Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill about that candidacy.
"He is very intelligent, a great human being," Reid said Tuesday, talking about what he told the Cardinals. "The quarterback [Kyler Murray] will love him. He'll challenge him to be better than he even is now. But he'll do a great job and challenge the team. The guys will respond."
Reid noted that he drafted Kafka, who was a quarterback at Northwestern, in 2010 when he was with the Eagles.
"I think he'd be tremendous."