I'm settling on Kafka as my personal choice if moving on from Rizzi. Check the video of him interacting w/ players. Sean Payton esque w/ his attention to detail (calls out spacing in one clip) and how he individually motivates different players. Also seems to have a fun and relatable personality while still coming across as demanding. I enjoyed this video. He's my age so he's the young gun people want, and he's an offensive mind w/ connections to the development of Patrick Mahomes.
Also, if I recall the 1st year under Dabol in NY w/ Daniel Jones he was the playcaller. Jones got hurt the 2nd year and then Dabol took over playcalling in 2024.
I'd be elated if we kept Rizzi and he hires Kafka for OC.
Edit: Here's an article i found from 2022 when searching for his offensive philosophy. I'm wondering if he and Dabol's vision for the offense are different and that's what lead to certain issues in the 2nd year and ultimately losing playcalling duties. I'd be interested in what things would look like if he's allowed to implement his vision and then hire people that support it.
He's a personnell and packages guy like Payton and even his word usage of "guidelines" is familiar w/ Drew once mentioning that some players had guidelines and some rules within the offense during discussions.
"I'm not big on putting guys in a box, so I like giving them some freedom, giving them some baseline guidelines to work within, and then letting those guys work it out because at the end of the day, you know I'm staying on the sideline," Kafka added. "I'm in the press box or whatever it is and those guys are the guys on the field. They gotta go play so they got to make sure that they're on the same page."
I don't think he's as dark as most people want to believe. The things you hear about Kafka were the same things you heard about Payton. And I didn't want him, either.