{"id":378828,"date":"2026-08-23T04:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378828\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:06:07","slug":"miami-dolphins-fall-to-0-2-in-preseason-as-new-york-giants-win-26-3-quinn-ewers-sits-out-with-groin-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378828\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins fall to 0-2 in preseason as New York Giants win 26-3; Quinn Ewers sits out with groin injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jameis Winston threw for 150 yards and ran for a touchdown while playing the first half, and the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins 26-3 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Devin Singletary rushed for 40 yards on eight carries and scored a touchdown, while Dominic Zvada and Ben Sauls each kicked two field goals for the Giants (1-1).<\/p>\n<p>Both teams primarily used backups in this preseason matchup after starters had extensive work during a joint practice at the Dolphins&#8217; training facility on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart participated in pregame drills but didn&#8217;t play. Dolphins starter Malik Willis was in street clothes.<\/p>\n<p>New York outgained Miami 390 yards to 102.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time All Pro receiver Odell Beckham Jr., attempting to win a roster spot in his second stint with the Giants, caught two passes for 17 yards. Targeted four times, Beckham also had a pass from Winston go through his hands in the end zone in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins (0-2) started Cam Miller at quarterback after Quinn Ewers, who is second on the depth chart, sat out because of a groin injury he sustained in Miami&#8217;s preseason opener against Washington. Miller played the first half, completing 6 of 11 passes for 60 yards. He was sacked twice.<\/p>\n<p>Winston capped New York&#8217;s opening drive with an 11-yard run for a 7-0 lead. The 12-year veteran had a 29-yard completion to Darius Slayton, and Calvin Austin had a 21-yard rush during the eight-play, 83-yard drive.<\/p>\n<p>Zvada kicked a 43-yard field goal early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Singletary made it 17-0 with a 13-yard touchdown run midway through the second.<\/p>\n<p>Miami got on the board when Riley Patterson kicked a 53-yard field goal with 1:12 remaining in the first half. Winston then directed a 54-yard drive that ended with Zvada&#8217;s 32-yard kick to give New York a 20-3 lead at the half.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Allen replaced Winston and went 13 of 18 for 101 yards. He led two drives that were capped by field goals from Sauls.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins: Rookie LB Trey Moore was helped off the field with a lower left leg injury early in the first quarter. &#8230; RB Ollie Gordon was tended to by training staff late in the second quarter but walked off the field.<\/p>\n<p>Giants: Will be the visitor at MetLife Stadium in their preseason finale against the New York Jets on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins: Host Atlanta on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>See AP&#8217;s full NFL coverage here               <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jameis Winston threw for 150 yards and ran for a touchdown while playing the first half, and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[57,123,1763,125,124,10365,14594,10827,110],"class_list":["post-378828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-national-football-league","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}