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The reports that the Giants would resist major changes to their coaching staff after missing the playoffs for the third straight season were proven incorrect on Wednesday when the team fired defensive coordinator Perry Fewell.

It won’t be the only change on the coaching staff. Multiple reports have the team also parting ways with defensive backs coach Peter Giunta, who worked with the team’s cornerbacks.

Giunta had been on Tom Coughlin’s staff since the 2006 season and oversaw a group that the Giants aggressively addressed in free agency last year. Injuries took a serious toll on the unit over the course of the year, however, as Prince Amukamara, Walter Thurmond, Trumaine McBride and others ended the season on injured reserve. All told, though, the Giants were much worse against the run than they were against the pass in 2014.

Giunta has had stints coaching defensive backs with several other teams and served as the defensive coordinator for the Rams from 1998-2000, winning a Super Bowl ring after the 1999 season.