Manning, Beckham deliver for Giants
The wide receiver caught seven passes for 166 yards, with two of those going for touchdowns to wipe out Miami’s lead in the second half.
“I’m not going to get into that, ” Jenkins said.
“I feel like If I can catch it with one hand, I can catch it with two”, Beckham said. Eli Manning completed 27 of 31 passes (87%) for 337 yards and four touchdowns, and set a New York Giants passing percentage record in a single game. Left tackle Ereck Flowers hurt his ankle on the long touchdown pass to Beckham and missed the rest of the game.
With the Dolphins officially out of the playoff picture, Campbell said he will look to some younger players down the stretch. We hadn’t practiced it in a while, but we talked about it earlier today that it might come up. None. I thought the Eagles were the worst team in football on Thanksgiving, when they turned in one of the worst performances I’ve seen put on by a professional team in any sport when they got routed by the Lions.
“I’ve been here six years and nothing has gone the way that we wanted it to be”, he said. When pride was on the line, Miami didn’t show much of it. Last night Miami played a decent game but decent games don’t win you games. The Dolphins, who honored the 50 greatest players in franchise history during a halftime ceremony, have not made the playoffs since 2008.
Now their season is essentially over.
“Coach spoke about it and we can’t shy away from what is happening these past few weeks, and hope we don’t get into a close game”, Manning said. I think, if you look at what we’ve been able to do…historically, I don’t know how far you want to go back, but we’ve made plays on the ball in the secondary and we’re not getting those right now. Miller scored twice in the first half, including a silly touchdown run that saw him travel about 1,000 yards before actually scoring.
NOTES: Injuries took a toll on the Giants.
Wide receiver Jarvis Landry had a costly penalty on the Dolphins’ final possession, as Miami was trying to get a game-tying touchdown.
However, Miller only had one touch in the fourth quarter, that being a 2-yard run.
Just three days after being cut by the Giants, Damontre Moore has found a new home.
The pass to Tye, which came with just 44 seconds left in the half, tied the score. Miami rushed 22 times for 128 yards, but the running game wasn’t a factor in the fourth quarter when it could have taken some pressure off Tannehill. The touchdown, originally ruled incomplete, contributed to a 31-24 win for the Dolphins.
The Dolphins fell to 5-8 against the Giants on Monday night, ensuring that they will finish without a winning record for the seventh straight year. But he also asserted himself well in the run game, and held up in pass protection for the most part, those aforementioned statistics aside.
Cornerback Jamar Taylor and seldom-used safety Shamiel Gary were the closest defenders, but Manning hit Beckham in stride at midfield and he sprinted to the end zone for his 12th TD this year.
“They killed us”, Campbell said. “That was a major goal, and we did that”.