As soon as Wink Martindale on Monday cursed and stormed out of the office of head coach Brian Daboll, it was clear that Martindale’s days as the team’s defensive coordinator were numbered.

That number came up Wednesday afternoon, when the team announced “the Giants and defensive coordinator Wink Martindale have mutually agreed to part ways.’’

What does that deceptively cordial language mean? Martindale can be hired by any other team, and the Giants do not pay him the $3 million he was owed under his contract in 2024.

Lawyers from both sides negotiated an agreement, without the Giants’ front office or Martindale getting involved.

Thus ends a colorful two-season stay that at times for Martindale was filled with quality play from his unit, other times was lacking in production and, at the end, was filled with too much friction with his boss to endure any longer.

The Giants are now in the market for a new defensive coordinator — a key position on Daboll’s staff, given his background on the offensive side of the ball.

Whoever comes in will have an immediate challenge, as Martindale’s unique personality and system resonated among his players.

His popularity and unique style — distinct garb, blitz-happy scheme and grizzled persona — often overshadowed the actual performance of the defense.

There was regression almost across the board with Martindale’s unit in 2023 — which was ranked 26th in points allowed, 27th in yards allowed, 29th in run defense, 19th in pass defense, 28th in sacks and tied for first in forced turnovers.

The Giants’ blitz rate was the second-highest in the league, and opposing offenses knew they had to prepare for pressure, pressure, pressure whenever the Giants were in the building.

“He knows how to get guys to play,’’ defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, the best player the Giants have on defense, said of Martindale. “We have sessions where he just lets the players talk and what we need to do. He lets the players take control.

“You get more comfortable in the defense and you get more knowledge of knowing, in my position, when to take shots, when guys are coming to help you make more plays so that’s a good thing.’’

That “good thing’’ is gone, for now, as a different coordinator with a different system will take over, which likely will be difficult for players to immediately learn and master.

The continuity built up over two seasons has been halted.

It remains to be seen how many current defensive assistants who worked under Martindale will remain on Daboll’s staff.

“It’s a resilient group, and it starts at the top, it starts with Wink,’’ inside linebacker Bobby Okereke said the day the Giants cleaned out their lockers, parting ways after a 6-11 season. “The way he coaches, the way he leads, just the energy, the fire, the passion he imposes on us, he really steers the ship.’’

The end was unsightly for Martindale, 60, after he heard from Daboll on Monday that outside linebackers coach Drew Wilkins, a Martindale confidant and right-hand man; along with Wilkins’ younger brother, Kevin, a defensive assistant; were getting fired.

Martindale did not handle the news well, The Post reported, firing an expletive at Daboll and getting in a few more choice words before leaving the room, slamming the door and exiting the building.

The Giants did not hear from him after that. Martindale told those close to him he was resigning and headed to his home in Florida. That was Monday afternoon. This resolution came 48 hours later.

Tension behind the scenes developed this season with Martindale and Daboll, and that tension boiled over when Daboll fired the two trusted Martindale assistants.

With Martindale’s departure, Daboll now has upheaval to deal with, as Daboll must replace seven members of his staff.

He fired special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey, offensive line coach Bobby Johnson and the two Wilkins brothers (outside linebackers coach and defensive assistant).

Running backs coach Jeff Nixon left to become the offensive coordinator at Syracuse, and strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald departed to accept the same position at the University of Florida.

Martindale’s résumé figures to make him an attractive candidate around the league, as long as his walk-out exit on the Giants does not come back to haunt him.

Perhaps Martindale will be able to exact some revenge on Daboll and the Giants, as there could be defensive coordinator openings with the three other teams — Cowboys, Commanders and Eagles — in the NFC East.