NY Giants offseason tracker: As Mike Kafka seeks head coach jobs, what's his future here?

If the Giants want to spend the next four months playing out who won between Brian Daboll and Wink Martindale, they've already lost. They've got plenty of more productive things to figure out.

Daboll does not appear too concerned with trying to make his case, regardless of how this has played out publicly. He knows what happened with Wink and the Wilkins brothers, Drew and Kevin, and Thomas McGaughey, too.

All that went down in the 6-11 campaign can't happen again if Daboll wants to evolve as a head coach and get this team back to being what they were in his first season on the road to the playoffs.

The challenge for the Giants is figuring out how they got here, and finding a way to move forward.

In simple terms, talking about a complicated situation, that's where Daboll and the Giants are.

Be honest about what went wrong, change what you can and get better.

This is a pivotal offseason as Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen move their plans ahead in fixing what needs fixing in advance of their third season together as the brain trust in charge of turning this franchise into a consistent winner and playoff contender again.

Carmen Bricillo has already been hired as the new offensive line coach, replacing Bobby Johnson, who was fired after two years. And Joel Thomas, following a successful tenure with the New Orleans Saints, is the new running backs coach. He replaces Jeff Nixon, who left to become the offensive coordinator at Syracuse.

Here's a look at the latest happenings for Big Blue, and we will keep you updated over the next few months with news and analysis of what's to come:

As the coaching carousel spins ...

The Giants will be well-represented on the coaching staffs at the Senior Bowl later this month. Quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney will serve as offensive coordinator for the National team at the Senior Bowl. Mike Adams, who served as Giants' assistant special teams coach last season, will be the special teams coordinator of the American team.

And Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka will be one of two head coaches at the East-West Shrine Game.

What's interesting for the Giants will be how this offseason plays out for Kafka, who is interviewing for head coaching jobs with the Titans and the Seahawks. NFL Network reported Sunday that a second interview with Seattle is on tap for Kafka, the only offensive-minded coach included in a list of five candidates rounded out by Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, Panthers DC Ejiro Evero, Rams DC Raheem Morris and Cowboys DC Dan Quinn, who was considered the favorite when Pete Carroll moved upstairs.

The question will become whether Kafka seeks a lateral move to another team as its offensive coordinator and leave the Giants. There is some thought that Daboll might take over the play calling of the offense, mostly through speculation because of how the Giants struggled offensively for much of last season. If that were to happen, Kafka might want the chance to remain a play caller. We'll see.

Then there is the possible succession plan with Tierney, who interviewed for the OC job with Tampa Bay last year. He's done a great job as quarterbacks coach for two years. You'd expect him to get the next shot. There's one other thing to consider: Ken Dorsey, who was the quarterbacks coach in Buffalo with Daboll as OC (and Tierney as assistant QB coach), is available after he was fired by the Bills as OC.

Could Dorsey find his way to East Rutherford to rejoin Daboll and Tierney in some capacity? That does make some sense.

Defensive coordinator: Where things stand

The Giants are keeping their cards close to the vest on this one. Publicly, at least on social media, Ravens defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson appears to be the favored name in this search. He's also the only known candidate whose team is still alive in the playoffs with the Ravens set to host the Chiefs in the AFC Championship next Sunday.

Other interviewed candidates include North Jersey's Anthony Campanile, the Dolphins' linebackers coach; interim Chargers defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley; Titans defensive coordinator Shane Bowen; and Jerome Henderson, the Giants' defensive backs coach who has had a strong run here spanning two regimes.

If the Giants want Wilson, they'll have to wait. That gives them opportunity to let their search breath and consider other options. Feels like there might be another candidate or two on the docket that, at this point, remains unknown.

Special teams coordinator: Where things stand

Larry Izzo certainly has personality, and he will go down as one of the most productive special teams players in NFL history. He's also done well for himself in the coaching ranks.

Izzo interviewed for the Giants' vacant special teams coordinator job on Saturday, according to ESPN. He would seem to be the candidate with the strongest resume, and if he were to come to East Rutherford, he would return to the Giants after serving as an assistant during the latter part of Tom Coughlin's tenure.

Other candidates interviewed include Matt Harper, assistant special teams coach of the 49ers; Carlos Polk, assistant special teams coach of the Bears; and Jets assistant special teams coach Michael Ghobrial.

Brandon Brown's pursuit of GM jobs

Brandon Brown, the Giants' assistant general manager, has reportedly made the second round of interviews for the GM job in Carolina. He has also interviewed with the Chargers. If the Giants lose Brown, a trusted asset in the front office since Joe Schoen's arrival, they would receive two third-round compensatory draft picks - one each for the next two years - as part of the league's incentive program to help develop and promote minority coaches to coordinator positions or team executives.

The Giants hired former Titans executive Ryan Cowden this past year and he could, in theory, get promoted to the assistant GM spot if Brown departs.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NY Giants offseason tracker: Stay up to date with everything Big Blue