EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The divorce became final on Wednesday afternoon when the New York Giants and defensive coordinator Wink Martindale officially parted ways. It took a few days and some ugliness from both sides to get there, but it eventually happened.
Martindale gets to leave and land wherever he pleases, with no restrictions. The Giants get out of the final year of his contract and don't have to pay the $3 million he was owed for next season.
It leaves coach Brian Daboll in the position of needing to fill the defensive coordinator spot heading into a critical Year 3.