EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Miami Dolphins came up
empty for the second straight game at MetLife Stadium.They lost to the Jets a
week ago on a last-second field goal and werent even close after a dreadful
second half in the 36-20 loss to the Giants on . Both teams are 3-11 with two
games left in the regular season.What Fitzpatrick will remember is a few moments
after the game talking with two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning
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who threw two touchdowns in the win.The game turned into a love-fest for the
38-year-old Manning. He returned as the Giants starting quarterback last against
the Eagles
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Giants to a win that snapped a franchise record-tying nine-game losing streak in
what might have been his final home start for New York.Manning contract runs out
at the end of the season and first-round draft pick Daniel Jones, who missed his
second straight game with an ankle injury, is the new guy in town. Fitzpatrick
walked up to Manning and shook hands after the game, which featured fans giving
Manning two standing ovations
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he’s meant a lot to this league, obviously he’s been a face of not just the
Giants franchise, but of the league for a long time now. And he’s been the model
of consistency for 16 years, too, in terms of staying level-headed and with all
the stuff that you have to deal with in this media market, said Fitzpatrick, who
threw two touchdown passes to DaVante Parker.The 37-year-old Fitzpatrick
actually played in New York during his career. He was the quarterback of the
Jets in 2015-16. Fitzpatrick said Manning has been a class act his entire
career.“Our playing styles are a little bit different and he’s had a lot more
success than I have
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class act that he is and always watching from afar the way that he handles
himself, that’s something that all of us NFL quarterbacks can learn from that
example. And you know he’s had a great career and I was happy to see that for
him today.The Dolphins defense did their best to spoil the day, picking off
Manning three times. Picks by linebackers Vince Biegel and Jerome Baker set up
two Jason Sanders field goals.However, the offense was limited to 10 points in
the second half, the final seven coming on a late touchdown.“We didn’t come out
in the second half and play as a team, Baker said. That’s really all it is. We
didn’t come out and execute. The Giants did a great job of coming out in the
second half and capitalizing on that. We can’t blame anybody, we can only look
at ourselves in the mirror and just say we came up short.Biegel said the
Dolphins struggled to stop the run in the second half
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Barkley.“I feel like the Giants, credit to them, they got momentum and they made
the plays when they needed to make them,” Biegel said. Flat out we didn’t make
the stops when we had to, so it’s a credit to the Giants. They were able to come
out and execute at a high level. I think it goes back to us, self-inflicted
wounds, and those are the things we have to clean up if we want to be a great
team and if we want to be a team that can win week in and week out.
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