Defensive coordinator Perry Fewell was fired by the Giants on Tuesday morning. Hours later, head coach Tom Coughlin released a statement, via the team:

"If there is any one person responsible, it is me. It is not Perry Fewell.

“The simple fact of the matter is in the circumstance that we find ourselves, change is necessary. That may not be the most eloquent way of saying it, but that is what I am confronted with.

"The hope always is invigoration. You are going to stimulate. It is with great deliberation over a lengthy period of time throughout a thorough investigation and evaluation of what went on that I came to the conclusion that change was necessary. "

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