Josh Brown's tenure with the Giants is over, as the team announced Tuesday its release of the troubled kicker.
'Bout time, some will say, with good reason. Regardless, Brown's release probably ends his NFL career.
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"We believed we did the right thing at every juncture in our relationship with Josh," team president John Mara said in a release. "Our beliefs, our judgments and our decisions were misguided. We accept that responsibility."
Brown, 37, apologized to the Giants earlier Tuesday in a statement ... nearly two weeks after journals and emails were turned over to police by Brown's ex-wife, Molly. In those documents, Brown allegedly wrote that he abused Molly and that he was "a repulsive man" and sexual "deviant."
Mara has said Brown "admitted to us he'd abused his wife in the past." In fact, Brown included the admission — "I have abused my wife" — in one of his journal entries. Brown's statement Tuesday, though, claims he "never" struck is wife "and never would" — a bit of a contradiction.
"I have been a liar for most of my life," Brown wrote in another journal entry. "I made selfish decisions to use and abuse women starting at the age of 7 to fill this void. I objectified women and never really worried about the pain and hurt I caused them. My ability to connect emotionally to other people was zero. My empathy levels were zero.
"Because I never handled these underlying issues I became an abuser and hurt Molly physically, emotionally and verbally. I viewed myself as God basically and she was my slave."
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Brown had already been suspended for the Giants' season opener after he was arrested on a fourth-degree domestic violence charge, which was later dismissed. He was placed on the Commissioner's Exempt List last week and did not travel with the team to London for its game against Los Angeles.
Given the NFL's increasing (and overdue) sensitivity on issues of domestic abuse, Brown is not likely to get another chance in the league. Even if signed, he'll remain on the Exempt List until the league resolves his matter.