Giants win over the Dolphins 31-24.
Eli Manning was 27 of 31 for 337 yards and 4 TDs.
Rashad Jennings rushed for 81 yards on 22 carries and caught 2 passes for 21 yards.
Orleans Darkwa rushed for 10 yards on 3 carries and caught 1 pass for 6 yards.
Andre Williams rushed for 3 yards on 3 carries.
Shane Vereen rushed for 0 yards on 1 carry and caught 1 pass for 10 yards.
Odell Beckham Jr. caught 7 passes for 166 yards and 2TDs.
Rueben Randle caught 5 passes for 58 yards and 1TD.
Dwayne Harris caught 5 passes for 41 yards.
Will Tye caught 5 passes for 30 yards and 1TD.
Hakeem Nicks caught 1 pass for 5 yards.
Robert Ayers had 1 sack.
Landon Collins forced a fumble.
Jason Pierre-Paul recovered a fumble.
Josh Brown kicked a 35 yard field goal.

Game Notes:
"This was such a back and forth game I was on the edge of my seat all the way. I'm just so glad that the Giants won! The Dolphins fumbled the ball on their opening drive and Jason Pierre-Paul recovered it. The Giants made one first down and then settled for a field goal and we were up 3-0. The Dolphins came right back with a touchdown to take the lead. Both teams punted on their next two drives before Eli Manning got his group down to the Miami six yard line early in the second quarter. On the first play, Rashad Jennings ran for no gain and then Eli was incomplete on a pass to Odell Beckham Jr., so now it was third down.
After what's happened in the past few games I was just hoping they wouldn't turn the ball over. I held my breath when I saw Eli throw to Rueben Randle in the endzone, but this time it worked! The Giants lead didn't last long, because once again the Dolphins followed up our scoring with a touchdown of their own. Then later in the quarter they recovered a fumble and added a field goal and that put them up 17-10. Eli had less than two minutes to do something and the big play on this drive was a completion to Beckham, good for 45 yards. Then with a first down at the Miami 5 yard line Eli connected with Will Tye in the endzone and things were tied up 17-17 by the time the half ended.
The Giants got the ball first in the third quarter and went three-and-out. Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill got off a pass to his receiver Kenny Stills and it went for a 47 yard touchdown. Then Eli got the ball all the way downfield and threw a pass to Beckham in the endzone that was ruled incomplete. Tom Coughlin challenged it and you could see on the review that Beckham just barely got both toes down in bounds for the touchdown. Once again the score was tied. The Giants could have changed that on their next drive, but Josh Brown missed on a 48 yard field goal try.
In the fourth quarter the Giants broke the tie when Beckham made yet another great catch for an 84 yard touchdown. The Dolphins killed themselves on their next two drives with penalties and then Eli managed to chew up the last four and a half minutes to end the game for a 31-24 win. The other teams in the NFC East played their games yesterday and the Giants needed this one to stay in first place with the Eagles and Redskins. They did what they had to do and let's hope they can keep it up over the last three games."

Game Notes:
"I thought the Giants were in trouble when they took the lead in the fourth quarter, but wait, isn't that the way you usually win football games? It hasn't been that way for the Giants for much of this season beginning with their opening game against the Cowboys. Tonight in prime time they were able to finish out a game. Eli Manning had a remarkable game completing 27 of his 31 passes to 8 different receivers. His four touchdowns went to Odell Beckham Jr. (2), Rueben Randle (1) and Will Tye (1). Of course Beckham stole the show as he tends to do with his amazing catches and he had seven of them for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The running game showed improvement with Rashad Jennings getting most of the carries. It's still not strong enough it seems for Manning to rely on it when he's down by the goal line. The defense started off strong on the Dolphins opening drive when Landon Collins forced a fumble that Jason Pierre-Paul recovered. The Giants capitalized on that right away to take a 3-0 lead on Josh Brown's field goal. That was the only one he made on the day after missing a 48 yarder later in the game. That was a bit troubling considering Brown had made 29 field goals in a row over a two year period before missing one in overtime just last week.
You'd hate to see the Giants make some kind of run for the division and have it fail due to an unreliable kicking game. Getting this win was all very well and good, but to put things in perspective, it's taken until now with only three games left on the season, to win six games to merely match the same amount they had in the 2014 season when they finished 6-10. Right now there's no proof that they'll surpass that record especially with the undefeated Carolina Panthers coming up next. Anyway, the Giants are still in it and you never know."

Giants Odell Beckham Jr., with 24 receiving touchdowns, now holds the Giants record for the most in the first two years.

Giants Eli Manning's completion percentage of 87.1 and passer rating of 151.5 were each career highs for a full game.

Dolphins are 0-4 with the Giants visiting, losing games in 1993 and 1996, and in London in 2007.

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