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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- All the warnings coach Tom Coughlin gave the New York Giants before their game with the winless Miami Dolphins seemingly went in one ear and out the other.The Giants' running game was non existent. The defense showed up for a half. And as the minutes ticked by, it seemed the Dolphins were sensing victory -- that's is until Eli Manning stole it from them, like so many others before him.Manning threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Victor Cruz with 5:58 to play, and the Giants barely avoided a post-bye letdown, keeping Miami (0-7) winless with a 20-17 victory Sunday.
"The pressure was there just to get the win," Giants guard Chris Snee said. "No one was concerned about 'Oh, we're going to lose to a winless team, or we were going to lose.' We thought we were still going to win the jerseys wholesale game and that's just the confidence we have, and that stems from Eli."Despite some pressure, Manning was outstanding in handing the Dolphins another late loss that has to increase the pressure on embattled coach Tony Sparano.Manning hit 31 of 45 passes for 345 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions in rallying the Giants from an 11-point first-half deficit. He would have had a lot more yards if tight end Jake Ballard and receiver Hakeem Nicks held on to a couple of perfect long tosses.
Mario Manningham caught the other touchdown, a 7-yard play that got New York (5-2) back into the game late in the first half."We knew we were going to get pressure," Coughlin said. "We probably got pressure 40-50 percent of the time. It caused some issues with the running game (58 yards). But Eli made some big plays. Obviously he threw the ball a lot today. No turnovers, no interceptions, and he made plays nfl jerseys when we had to have them. Once again, he did a very good job."Manning said the Giants had chances to put up a lot more points, but they hurt themselves with the drops, penalties and negative plays down close.
"We knew coming in it would be a tough battle," Manning said. "A lot of games have come to the fourth quarter, and we knew it would be a tough road. They did a lot of good things defensively, ran a lot of different blitzes. We didn't run the ball real well today, and we had to throw the ball more than we wanted to. But we're capable of doing that." "I felt like the way we came out at halftime is what turned it around," Baltimore linebacker Jameel McClain.Late in the third quarter, Boldin caught passes 21, 23, 27 and 9 yards during an 88-yard march that ended with another 1-yard TD run by cheap nfl jerseys Rice.The momentum turned even further in Baltimore's direction immediately after the ensuing kickoff. On first down, Kolb was hit by Terrell Suggs while throwing a pass that was intercepted by McClain and taken 8 yards to the Arizona 22. Three plays later, Rice ran in from the 3.


