New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has passed for four touchdowns to lead the Giants past the Miami Dolphins 31-24 at Sun Life Stadium on Monday.
Manning completed 27 of 31 passes for 337 yards and did not throw an interception, helping the Giants (6-7) pull into a three-way tie for first place in the NFC East along with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins.
The game-winning touchdown was an 84-yarder to Odell Beckham with 11:13 left in the fourth quarter.
"A little double move," Manning said of the play. "The safety (Reshad Jones) was getting low and got Odell on a slant. We hadn't practised it in a while, but we talked about it earlier today that it might come up.
"Sure enough, we got the coverage we wanted. I was thinking it would be a big play, but I didn't think it would be that open."
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It was, and it ruined the night for Miami (5-8), who have now been eliminated from playoff contention.
The teams were tied 17-17 at halftime as Miller had scoring runs of 14 and 38 yards, and Miami also got a 36-yard field goal by kicker Andrew Franks.
New York tied the score 24-24 in the third quarter on a six-yard touchdown pass to Beckham in the right corner. The pass was ruled incomplete originally, but a review showed Beckham got both feet inbounds, and the call was overturned.
Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said the Giants made the proper adjustments to win the game.
"They understood what they were doing in the first half with the running game wasn't working," Suh said. "They switched it up and went to their star player, Odell Beckham, and he made plays for them."
