EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - All the Dolphins needed for their third consecutive win Sunday was four turnovers, a little trickery and more special-teams woes for the Giants.
Olindo Mare kicked three field goals and receiver James McKnight scored on a 68-yard reverse Sunday as Miami took advantage of New York errors and a freak injury to Giants kicker Matt Bryant in a 23-10 win.
"It's good to win these kinds of games when people have to step up," said Dolphins running back Ricky Williams, whose biggest contribution might have been as a decoy.
The Giants wanted to stop him at all costs and that set up conditions for McKnight's second-quarter run that gave the Dolphins the lead for good.
"When I was going to get the ball from Ricky, I saw the whole defense coming at Ricky," McKnight said. "Those guys were keying and trying to stop (No.) 34. We knew that was their game plan, so we ran this play in practice several times this week."
The other play that hurt the Giants was Bryant's 43-yard field goal as the first half ended. Bryant made it but grabbed his right hamstring right away.
"I heard it pop," Bryant said. "It was a fluke." He said he was uncertain how long he will be out.
Not having Bryant in the second half forced New York to use punter Jeff Feagles at kicker.
Feagles had never tried a field goal in 16 seasons in the league. He got a chance with 4:28 left in the third quarter after a nine-minute drive bogged down at the Miami 11, but his line drive was wide right.
"I thought it was good when I hit it," Feagles said. "I really wanted to make it."
The miss hurt.
"It killed us," said Giants running back Tiki Barber, who scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter.
Olindo Mare, who hit field goals of 43 and 23 yards in the second quarter, stretched Miami's lead to 16-10 on the next series with a 48-yarder.
Williams, held to 39 yards on 22 carries, iced the game with a 1-yard touchdown run with 4:16 left.
His numbers didn't seem to matter to Williams, especially when recalling McKnight's run.
"It was kind of funny," Williams said after his worst rushing game as a Dolphin. (Offensive coordinator) Norv (Turner) put that in and said they are going to chase me around. I think he realized they were keying on me and to call that play was huge. That was a turning point for us."
