LOS ANGELES — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire described Mike Kafka to The Daily News on Friday as an indispensable and detail-oriented coach who will elevate the Giants offense to new heights.

“The New York Giants got an absolute stud,” Kelce said of Brian Daboll’s new offensive coordinator. “You’re gonna be prepared. You’re never gonna feel like you don’t have an upper hand against the opponent, and that’s something you don’t get throughout the league with every offensive coordinator.

“The schemes are gonna be difficult for defenses to understand,” Kelce added, “and it’s gonna make the jobs for the guys on the field that much easier because of his hard work.”

Edwards-Helaire said Kafka, in many ways, held the keys to Andy Reid’s attack given his proximity to and positive influence on 2018 NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes.

“Man, he had pretty much the whole control of our motor, bro — he was in the room with Patrick Mahomes,” said Edwards-Helaire, who is in L.A. representing Sleep Number. “Honestly, Kafka was one of those guys that in the times we needed those small timely things, Kafka was the guy to come to me or go to Trav and we would do things off on the side and get those small things lined up which honestly make the offense run and go.

“Kafka,” the Chiefs running back said, “he was one of those guys that kept everything together.”

Kafka, 34, is so highly regarded in the NFL that some league sources believe success in year one with the Giants could lead quickly to a head coaching opportunity elsewhere.

That would be a great problem for the Giants to have a year from now, though, and clearly Edwards-Helaire and Kelce view Kafka on the fast track, too.

He was Kansas City’s passing game coordinator/quarterback coach in 2021. But that title still doesn’t fully describe how, as Edwards-Helaire said, “most of the game plan” for one of the NFL’s best offenses in Kansas City “went through him and EB,” OC Eric Bieniemy.

It would be surprising if Kafka didn’t call the Giants’ offensive plays this season, even though Daboll reiterated Friday that “everything we do on offense will be a collaboration.” Kafka was a coveted coach who likely wouldn’t have taken an OC job if it didn’t include play-calling duties.

“He puts his players in a great position to have success,” said Kelce,  who is in L.A. promoting Courtyard by Marriott. “It’s not just the base game plan, it’s situational football. A lot of the stuff that kinda played out with the [high-scoring playoff win over the] Bills, we were ready for a lot of situations.”

At running back, the level of detail Edwards-Helaire described in Kafka’s advice and gameday tinkering was stunning.

“Usually when I went to talk to Kaf it was about running back routes out of the backfield and those things that can help Pat,” he said. “[Like] if it was sprint-out protection and me knowing that week that Pat was looking at the No. 2 receiver instead of the No. 1, I would know my angle of departure for the block on the D-end. So if Pat’s not rolling completely out then I know exactly where to go and stop and block.

“Like I said, bro,” Edwards-Helaire said with a knowing grin, “It’s those small, pinpoint things that a lot of people don’t think about that Kafka was knocking out.”

Those observations could be music to the ears of Giants running back Saquon Barkley, who said on radio row Friday that he “love[s] the energy” of new coach Brian Daboll and GM Joe Schoen after speaking with both.

“The way [Daboll] is gonna relate the offense to the players and make it work for the players, [and] I think Mr. Schoen, what he’s gonna do in free agency and the draft,” Barkley said. “I think we have talent on the team. I truly don’t think we’re that far. We just gotta keep workin.”

First, of course, the Giants need to retain Barkley on the team. And he’s scheduled to cost $7.2 million against the cap in the fifth and final year of his rookie contract, entering a season where the Giants are tight and need to clear space.

Barkley was asked if the Giants have told him whether they want him on the team in 2022.

“I mean, I don’t know,” he said. “We never really had that conversation. It was never really brought up like if I’m leaving or if I’m not gonna stay. We just had a conversation like it was normal.”

He added “I can’t wait to get back in April and get started.”

Schoen said on Jan. 26 that he was “excited about Saquon.”

“When he came out [ the NFL Draft in 2018], he was a rare talent,” Schoen said. “I know he’s had some injuries and that comes with that position, but when we talk about where we may need to upgrade, I think if you upgrade the offensive line that’s gonna help Daniel [Jones] and it’s gonna help Saquon.”

Regardless, Kafka’s former Chiefs believe the Giants’ skill players should be excited for what’s in store.

DABOLL’S STAFF OFFICIAL

The Giants officially announced Daboll’s full staff Friday:

Offensive coordinator: Mike Kafka. Defensive coordinator: Don Martindale. Special teams coordinator: Thomas McCaughey. Director of coaching operations: Laura Young.

Offensive line: Bobby Johnson. Quarterbacks: Shea Tierney. Running backs: DeAndre Smith. Wide receivers: Mike Groh. TEs coach: Andy Bischoff. Assistant O-line: Tony Sparano, Jr.

Defensive line: Andre Patterson. Defensive backs: Jerome Henderson. Assistant DBs: Mike Treier. Assistant special teams: Anthony Blevins. Special teams quality control: Nick Williams.

Young, who followed Daboll from the Buffalo Bills, is the first woman to hold a coaching position in Giants history. She will be involved in every aspect of football operations, the team says, including coordinating/organizing practice and game day operations.