Banks’ critique of Carter is fair. The Giants were without Kayvon Thibodeaux against the Packers, and Carter was benched for the first drive of the game after missing a walkthrough. Carter played 49 of 55 snaps in Week 11, and he rushed the passer on 28 of those plays. His first pass rush of the game was around the edge, but did not end well:

Mike Kafka got a ringing endorsement from New York Giants’ coordinators this week for the team’s full-time head-coaching position. That, though, is not going to move the needle as Kafka’s interim head coach audition for the real job continues over the next six games.

The Giants had another familiar ending to their last game, but remain in their same position in the new league power rankings poll.

Not all head coaching searches are created equal. And when teams refuse to consider all options, they might miss out on the candidate who may end up becoming the NFL's next big thing. The New York Giants are about to enter the fifth head coaching search for the organization since Tom Coughlin's exit following the 2015 season,

Abdul Carter was punished by Giants interim coach Mike Kafka for missing a walkthrough last week. He's hoping to atone this week and moving forward.

With the New York Giants firing head coach Brian Daboll on Monday, here's a look at potential coaching candidates to replace him: Kafka will get the audition to show he can do the job. He’s not Daboll and they are different, so this isn’t a situation where Daboll’s style and exit sticks to Kafka. So we’ll see.