Sometimes they get promoted to a head coaching gig with another team. Far more often, though, they get hired, get linked (or saddled) with a problematic quarterback and the clock starts ticking, immediately, on their untimely demise. And then they are gone.

They are the endangered species known as NFL offensive coordinators. The Giants still have theirs and, at the moment, Mike Kafka appears set to return for a third year on Brian Daboll’s de staff. If that actually happens, it will represent stability in the most unstable of environs.

Pairing “stability’’ and most anything that went down with the Giants’ offense in 2023 is risky business, but this is where we are.

Kafka is headed to a second interview with the Seahawks for the head coach vacancy created when seemingly ageless Pete Carroll was told to step aside after 14 years running the show and sprinting the sideline in Seattle. Kafka for public consumption thus far in his two years with the Giants was as bland as overcooked penne.

Clearly, that was a choice made by Kafka, who is only 36 and intent on deferring to Daboll in all matters that concern just about everything.

Behind closed doors, he works well with players, is smart and prepared and at a young age is already well-versed in walking into rooms for head coach interviews, having met with four different teams last year and being requested this cycle by the Titans and Seahawks.