WR RUEBEN RANDLE After falling just short of 1,000 yards last season, Randle's numbers have decreased through three quarters of the season as the fourth-year pro has just three catches since the bye week. But Randle did his best work a year ago down the stretch, racking up 329 yards in the final four weeks. Coach Tom Coughlin was asked about Randle's opportunities this season. "Well, I mean I would take full advantage of the ones that I do have before I would talk about opportunities," Coughlin said. "From day one, there's been opportunities here for everybody to fit in and be a part of—and we do need to have better balance, there's no doubt about that. Hopefully we can accomplish that going forward."

DE ROBERT AYERS JR. The Giants have six sacks in the last two games after having just nine in the previous nine outings. Ayers had the third multi-sack performance of his career with two against the Jets last week, and he'll look to add to that total against Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who has been sacked 34 times this season. "We've got to make plays when we need to make plays," Ayers said. "We've got to do what we need to do. Execute the play that's called. And you know, we've just got to do that. We take one game at a time. All that stuff that happened in the past, that's irrelevant. What we do today is all we care about and that's all we're going to care about until we get the opportunity to prepare for the next team."

WR ODELL BECKHAM JR. The 2014 NFL Draft Class will be remembered for its wide receivers, and that continues to be the case for them as sophomores. Two of the most notable ones, Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, are longtime friends and former teammates at LSU. Now their teams will go head-to-head as the two playmakers look to put on a show in primetime. "It's one of those games that I've had in my mind for a long time, playing against Jarvis and being able to do this," Beckham said. "So there's nothing extra that can really be added to it, we both understand the situation. We finally get to play against each other. I don't think it adds to any extra pressure, but being able to see that Monday Night commercial and a guy who, in my mind, is a very underrated receiver in this league."

RB ORLEANS DARKWA Coughlin said the only way to fix the ground game is to keep working and working. The offense hopes it clicks on Monday night against the Dolphins, who are 30th in the NFL in allowing 134.8 rushing yards per game. But the Giants can't take anything for granted. They rank 29th with 88.1 yards per game on the ground. "We have four talented guys," Orleans Darkwa said of the running back committee. "Everybody deserves the ball, everybody deserves to go out there and show what they can do, if we go series-by-series and try to get it working as much as possible. It's just that one guy that we've got to make miss. Sometimes, we haven't been able to do that as a unit and we're trying to get better at that. We see it on film, we know what's out there, so it's on us to get it done."

LS DANNY AIKEN The special teams units have come up big for the Giants this season, and that's not exclusive to return specialist Dwayne Harris. Before missing the 48-yarder wide left last week in overtime, Josh Brown set a franchise record with 29 consecutive field goals made, which was also the NFL's longest active streak. Meanwhile, Brad Wing is tied for third in the league with 26 punts inside the 20-yard line. But the operation was tweaked this week when long snapper and special teams captain Zak DeOssie, who has played 149 consecutive games since his arrival in 2007, was placed on injured reserve with a wrist injury. To fill his role, the Giants signed Danny Aiken, who played from 2011-2014 in New England. "It was great," Aiken said of his first week of practice. "Great teammates. It's great to be in here and working with such a great team and organization. I just come in each and every day and try and get better."