MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Killing time hours before kickoff at the New York Giants’ hotel, Eli Manning plotted a play he wanted to try against the Miami Dolphins.
It worked better than he ever imagined. With the game tied in the fourth quarter, Odell Beckham Jr. slipped 5 yards behind the secondary to score the go-ahead 84-yard touchdown, and the Giants forged a three-way tie atop the NFC East by beating Miami 31-24 Monday night.
Beckham gave Manning credit for cooking up the pivotal play.
“It was something he saw when he watched film,” Beckham said.