Wink Martindale and Brian Daboll have parted ways, meaning Daboll and the New York Giants need a new defensive coordinator. Here are seven potential candidates to replace Martindale.
Jerome Henderson
Henderson just completed his fourth season as Giants’ defensive backs coach. Martindale often praised him as the best defensive backs coach in the league. The 54-year-old former NFL cornerback has coached in the league for 17 seasons, but has never been a defensive coordinator.
Retaining Henderson on the coaching staff was one of the first decisions Daboll made after he was hired. When Patrick Graham was Giants’ defensive coordinator, he used to say that each week he built the defense game plan by first going to Henderson and finding out how he wanted to cover the opponents’ receivers.