Giants’ Mike Kafka, Wink Martindale to hold off on coach interviews

Not this week.

Giants win And Brian Daboll’s top assistants are attracting attention. The Colts have a head coach vacancy and have requested permission to speak with Defensive Coordinator Wink Martindale as well as Offensive Coordinator Mike Kafka.

But those interviews will not take place this week. Giants, fresh from 31-24 victory over the VikingsOn Saturday night, you have an NFC-level playoff game against rivals at Lincoln Financial Stadium. There is no time to lose, and Kafka and Martindale will be bringing their giant works to life in the coming days.

Kafka, 35, may be busy in the near future. The Texans and Panthers have previously expressed interest in bringing him in to interview for their head coach openers.

“I’m not going to get too deep into it,” Daboll said Monday, alluding to the interest in Kafka, before news emerged of the Colts’ interest in Martindale. “He’s not going to do anything. Everything is focused on Philadelphia, so this will be a normal week for him, because of our offense. I know where his focus is. So, there won’t be any interviews before this game.”

Martindale, 59, has made no secret of his desire to be an NFL head coach. He interviewed for the Giants job three years ago. He went to Joe Judge.

Kafka and Martindale are expected to wait to begin interviews until Sunday, at the earliest, after the Giants face off with the Eagles and either head to the NFC Championship game or are eliminated from the playoffs.

Daboll said two players were forced out of the game in Minneapolis – OLB Azeez Ojulari (quadruple) and S Jason Pinnock (belly) – Not seriously injured and both have a chance to play in Philadelphia. “We’ll go day by day with all these guys,” said Daboll. … ILB Jarrad Davis, signed December 28, started and played 32 snaps (56 percent) on defense. He had two solo tackles, one quarterback hit and did not distinguish himself in coverage. “He’s been playing really well the last two weeks,” said Daboll. “He picked our stuff, and we’ll see how it goes this week.”

The harsh penalty kick on Dexter Lawrence for throwing Kirk Cousins ​​to the ground after he kicked the ball on a fourth-quarter layup? Maybe it was a soft call. “I was pissed off after that,” said Lawrence. “I had to get rid of that and keep playing on the next play.”

Remember when getting to 30 points was far perfect and had absolutely nothing to do with the reality of the Giants? They went 43 consecutive games without scoring 30 points before amassing a 38-game lead over the Colts on New Year’s Day. With the 31 points they slapped on the Vikings, the Giants have now surpassed 30 points in two of their last three games — and those were the ones in which they scored just 16 points with their on-field support at the end of the regular season.