Giants win, force 3-way tie

But he had studied hard, studied long, was not pleased with the outcome of the previous game, and he had made up his mind to really get to know this Miami team, as all of our players resolved to do.

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham (13) runs for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football gam against the Miami Dolphins, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Manning also set a franchise record by completing 87 percent of his passes against Miami. Monday night was a big a step forward for the Giants confidence.

Josh Norman will get the task of covering New York Giants star Odell Beckham on Sunday afternoon.

Manning was a quiet assassin on Monday night, throwing as many touchdown passes (four) as incompletions, routinely picking apart the Dolphins secondary and putting the Giants on his back. His passer rating of 151.5 was his highest since 2009. “The rest of them are playoff games for us.”- Odell Beckham JR. After taking a seven-point lead on Beckham’s 84 yard go-ahead touchdown catch, they forced a punt after an eight-play Dolphins drive.

“Obviously, this is not where we want to be”, Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill said, “but here we are”.

Marino was waiting to be part of the halftime festivities honoring the 50 greatest Dolphins as part of the franchise’s 50th anniversary.

Another week, another sensational game from Beckham to keep the Giants thick in the NFC East divisional race.

Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said the Giants made the proper adjustments to win the game.

Beckham missed one series, when he went to the locker room due to cramps in both calves, but he didn’t let that slow him down.

On its first score, Miami took advantage of a blitz by Giants safety Craig Dahl. Cornerback Jamar Taylor and seldom-used safety Shamiel Gary were the closest defenders, but Manning hit Beckham in stride at midfield, and Beckham sprinted to the end zone for his 12th touchdown this season. A quarterback from Alabama hasn’t won an National Football League game as a starter since Jeff Rutledge in 1987, according to Stats LLC. “The corner is supposed to follow up and go over the top, which he didn’t”. Landry had 11 catches for 99 yards but was flagged for a costly personal foul penalty with his team trailing in the fourth quarter. Last week he held Julio Jones to just four receptions for 33 yards. Originally called incomplete, the replay showed OBJ dragging his feet in-bounds to record the touchdown.

Beckham’s final catch, a diving grab on third down at midfield, sealed the victory with less than two minutes left.

“We hadn’t been finishing”, Coughlin said. “He’s just continuing to do what he does”. The first came in the third quarter, when he hauled in a 6-yard TD catch that would tie the game up. Downfield, Landry was wide open. “I tried to get the ball to him quickly, and didn’t make the throw”.

The not-so-great 2015 Dolphins were hurt by 12 penalties and seemed reluctant to run the ball, as has been the case most of the year.

Lamar Miller scored on first-half runs of 14 and 38 yards, each time exposing the Giants’ poor tackling. Head coach Tom Coughlin did not have much of an update on the lineman’s status Tuesday, but did express optimism Flowers did not do any additional damage to the ankle, while adding the injury is likely not going away, as the Giants wish it would. Defensive end George Selvie was evaluated for a concussion in fourth quarter and didn’t return.

“Actually, it helped”, Coughlin said, breaking into a grin during his postgame news conference.