That made the injury sheet the real storyline. Miami was already without De'Von Achane and Malik Washington, thinning out a skill-position group that had no business generating offense against a Giants defense that pinned them to single digits. New York had its own absences — Malik Nabers was held out of joint practices all week with a knee issue — but still found enough juice on the ground to pull away.
Devin Singletary did the heavy lifting for the Giants, punching in a touchdown, while Miami's offense simply never found a rhythm without a settled starter under center. It's the kind of finale that tells you more about depth-chart battles than about either team's ceiling, but for a Dolphins fanbase still processing the Tua fallout, watching the offense stall out at home was a rough way to close the exhibition slate.
Zoom out and the shape of each team's summer is pretty clear. The Giants have alternated wins and losses all preseason but keep finding a way to close things out — this one included. The Dolphins, meanwhile, have been bleeding points for weeks, and a home shutout-adjacent effort against a Giants team playing without its starting quarterback is not the tune-up Mike McDaniel wanted.
None of this changes the regular-season picture much — preseason finales rarely do — but it does put a spotlight on Miami's unresolved quarterback competition just days before roster cuts. New York, by contrast, gets to enter the season knowing exactly who its backfield options are, even with Dart's readiness still an open question.