WR Ted Ginn, Jr. (Miami Dolphins)

['BusNative]

[Buckskin86]

November 05, 2009
Miami Dolphins: Our savior, Ted Ginn Jr.?
> Posted by Mike Berardino on November 5, 2009



Just came from the most entertaining 10 minutes of any Dolphins game week, offensive coordinator Dan Henning's session with the local media.

It's a chance for a great football coach who has seen everything and done everything to wax poetic on subjects far and wide. As the old TV Guide synopsis used to say, hilarity ensues.

Today, Henning got to talking about Ted Ginn Jr.'s bust-out game against the Jets, and, well, Henning being Henning, he sorta/kinda compared Ginn to Jesus Christ.

All right, there was no sorta/kind about it, but before you start organizing an angry march on Dolphins headquarters, before you start lumping Henning in with Bill Maher and Larry David in terms of those who disrespect the Man from Galilee, understand that, like those men, Henning is an entertainer.

You might not view an old football coach as an entertainer, but that's what the man is all right. Plus, he used to coach at Boston College, he's a graduate of St. Francis Prep in Brooklyn and he has given this world five children and 11 grandchildren, the first of whom, if should be pointed out, is named -- wait for it -- Teddy.

Anyway, here's Henning's full answer when asked about Ginn's comeback game:


"Wasn?t that marvelous. Wasn?t that marvelous?," Henning said. "You know, in the Bible, on Palm Sunday they threw flowers and garlands at the Good Lord and then on Friday, they picked him up, beat the s--- out of him, crucified him, and in this league they give us seven days ? only gave him five.

"So we go back three or four weeks ago and Teddy was a hero after the first Jet game, he was a goat after New Orleans and now he?s a hero again. I can?t wait to see the next chapter of this and who decides that."

Guess Ginn should be happy that's Julius Pruit on the Dolphins' practice squad and not some guy named Barabbas.

"He?s a force for us," Henning went on to say. "He?s going to be a force for us. We?re going to try to get him into the situations to make plays where his talents and abilities [can] make plays and that showed up and we were sure glad to see it."

Miami Dolphins | Sun-Sentinel Blogs: Miami Dolphins: Our savior, Ted Ginn Jr.?

Ginn a whole different animal for Miami
BY MARK FARINELLA SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Friday, November 6, 2009


Ted Ginn Jr. returns a kickoff for a score. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FOXBORO - Wildcats are one thing. Ted Ginn Jr. channeled the cheetah last week.

The fleet-of-foot Miami wide receiver and kick returner made NFL history Sunday at the New Jersey Meadowlands, returning two kicks for 100 yards or more and touchdowns, and now it's up to the New England Patriots to figure out how to take that dangerous weapon out of the Dolphins' repertoire.

"He has good vision, a good change of direction, and all the tools that you look for that make him a dangerous returner in this league," said the Patriots' Matthew Slater, one of the "gunners" on their kick coverage teams. "You guys saw what he did, and everybody saw what he did. We just have to focus on us and our job, and be disciplined and be able to go down and cover him as a unit.

"It can't be one man going down there, trying to make the play," he added.

Ginn became the first player in NFL history to have returns of 100 yards or more in the same game, and the first player since Green Bay's Travis Williams on Nov. 12, 1967, to return two kicks for touchdowns in the same quarter. The third-year receiver out of Ohio State also became the eighth player in league history to have two kick returns for touchdowns in one game, the first covering 100 yards and the second 101.
"That's a tremendous boost," Slater said. "You're talking two in the same quarter that can be a big momentum-swinger, and it can be devastating on the other side of the ball. We've just got to make sure that we worry about us and what we've got to do, and hopefully, have some success against him."

Because of Ginn's success in the 30-25 win over the Jets, Patriots' coach Bill Belichick is making sure the topic is fully covered in special teams practices prior to Sunday's game at home (1 p.m.; Ch. 4, 12) against the 3-4 Dolphins.

"Each week, 85 percent of our time on special teams is pretty constant," Belichick said at his Thursday press conference. "There is maybe another 15 percent that would change week to week, depending on where we feel like we want that emphasis, whether it's on punt protection or kickoff coverage or kickoff returns or fakes - whatever the point of emphasis for that particular team happens to be."

That 15 percent is almost certainly going to be devoted to the tendencies of not just Ginn, but also the special-teamers who constitute the blocking for his returns.

"Just like any returner, back or receiver, there are certain things that they do better than others," Belichick said. "There are certain types of returns they run, however their coach designs them. Whatever the schemes are, you know they will have something that plays into his strengths. So you have a speed guy, you want to be able to get outside. If you have a guy that's more of a north-south, hard running, up-field guy you are probably going to have more returns designed like that. It's a combination of the player, the skill of the player and the scheme that they use to accentuate that players skill."

Ginn a whole different animal for Miami - The Sun Chronicle Online - Sports

Return to prominence
Ginn?s speed gets special attention
By Monique Walker
Globe Staff / November 6, 2009

FOXBOROUGH - The story changed for the Dolphins? Ted Ginn Jr. in one quarter. When the Jets game started last week, he was the benched wide receiver. By the end of Miami?s 30-25 victory, Ginn was that guy who ran two kickoffs back for touchdowns in the same quarter.

Now he is the guy the Patriots? special teams are preparing for this week. Coach Bill Belichick said most of the special teams work is the same week to week, but the team does allow for the chance to focus on more specific details when necessary.

Belichick said Ginn?s speed helped him on his first return of 100 yards, while on the second, a lack of tackling helped him make it 101 yards.

?Tackling is always an emphasis for us against Miami with their backs and their receivers,?? Belichick said. ?And [Davone Bess] is a hard guy to tackle on punts, too. He?s a different style runner, but he?s very effective and quick, and Ginn?s got the big-time speed.

?We?ve worked on it and probably put a little more time on kickoff coverage than, I don?t want to say normal, but that?s the way it?s been this year. First, it was [Leodis] McKelvin and Buffalo?s returns. And then it was Leon Washington and the Jets? returns. And then it was [Clifton] Smith and [Sammie] Stroughter last week and Tampa?s returns. We?ve seen some of the best return teams in the league already. It was a problem then and it?s a problem now.??

Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski said he has to treat all returners the same. In giving the Patriots the best advantage, Gostkowski said he focuses on hang time.

?You can get in trouble if you try to just drive it down there and if you drive it, you better kick it out of the end zone,?? Gostkowski said.

?If you can keep it in the air another half-second, that?s another 5, 10 yards these guys can run, as fast as they are. You can get in trouble with a low line-driver, so pretty much I?m trying to give the most consistent kick so they?re having to do the same thing every time.??

Return to prominence - The Boston Globe

Ex-OSU star?s quick-strike role should play out nicely
By Marc Pendleton, Staff Writer
Thursday, November 5, 2009

The only thing Ted Ginn Jr. has consistently caught with the Miami Dolphins is flak.

Dolphins brass was almost booed off the stage when Miami took the former Ohio State University wideout with the No. 9 pick in the 2007 NFL draft.

At least for one week, Ginn earned a pass by returning kickoffs 100 and 101 yards for sizzling scores in a 30-25 defeat of the Jets. That?s Ginn at his Travis Williams best. If it were only that easy for the Cleveland Glenville High School flash all the time.

We?ve seen this before.

No one in the NFL was faster than 49ers wideout Renaldo Nehemiah from 1982-84. He was the world record holder in the 110-meter high hurdles (12.93 seconds). And much like Ginn, all he caught was grief.

Ex-OSU star’s quick-strike role should play out nicely

[Buckskin86]

Ted Ginn Jr. tries to shake reputation as underachiever with Dolphins
By Steven Wine (CP)

DAVIE, Fla. ? Twice Ted Ginn Jr. left the New York Jets stumbling and lunging, grasping at and gasping for air.

With moves like that, maybe he can shake his reputation yet. Ginn scored on consecutive kickoff returns of 100 and 101 yards, an unprecedented feat that took a total of 31 seconds. He's that fast. His many detractors might call him the fastest draft bust in Miami Dolphins history.

"He takes a lot of flak," teammate Justin Smiley said. "He deserves more respect than he gets."

Dolphins fans began booing Ginn the day he was drafted in 2007, and they've yet to stop. But he won at least a temporary reprieve last week when he helped Miami beat the Jets 30-25.

Ginn became the first player to have two scores of 100 yards or more in the same game, and the first in 42 years to have two touchdown returns in the same quarter. He had 299 yards on kickoff returns, second-highest total in NFL history.

"Wasn't that marvellous?" offensive co-ordinator Dan Henning said. "There can be no better human story than what happened last week around here and what Teddy was able to come up with. For him to do that is a great story."

Give Ginn credit for resisting any temptation to tell his critics, "Nyah, nyah, nyah."

"I still got to prove myself," he said. "It's better not to just talk. It's better to show action. Talking is cheap. The only thing I can do is go out and continue to make plays and put the naysayers away."

The Canadian Press: Ted Ginn Jr. tries to shake reputation as underachiever with Dolphins

[Buckskin86]

Posted on Sunday, 11.08.09
IN MY OPINION
Let's not deify Miami Dolphins Ted Ginn Jr. after one game
By ARMANDO SALGUERO
asalguero@MiamiHerald.com

Ted Ginn Jr. was a hot topic around the Dolphins last week because he had one great game, and that apparently returned him to everyone's good graces.

Suddenly the maligned Ginn who emerged from a terrible loss to New Orleans was a big deal again after being primarily responsible for the victory against the New York Jets.

The outbreak of adoration caused by Ginn's two kickoff-return touchdowns seemed to numb the frustration caused by years of unrealized potential. It was something to witness because it rose to ridiculous heights.

The same media that roasted Ginn after he dropped three passes against the Saints flocked to his locker stall to ask about his great kick-return prowess against the Jets.

That meeting, by the way, led to this exchange:

Reporter: ``Which runback was better, Ted?''

Ginn: ``Both of them.''

Reporter: ``Both of them were better?''

Dan Henning, the offensive coordinator on the coaching staff that a week ago demoted Ginn, tried to explain Ginn's revival by making a preposterous comparison to Jesus Christ's final week.

``You know, in the Bible, on Palm Sunday they threw flowers and garlands at the Good Lord, and then on Friday, they picked Him up, beat the [sheesh] out of Him, and in this league they give us seven days -- only gave Him five.

``So we go back three or four weeks ago, Teddy was a hero after the first Jets game, he was a goat after New Orleans and now he's a hero again.''

Let's not deify Miami Dolphins Ted Ginn Jr. after one game - Miami Dolphins - MiamiHerald.com

Posted on Sunday, 11.08.09
Election returns: Mayor Ginn has catchy slogan
By GREG COTE
gcote@MiamiHerald.com

People voted to elect a new city of Miami mayor Tuesday. Results were surprising, but you know what they say about politics being all about the timing.

``I'm honored and humbled,'' Mayor Ted Ginn Jr. said.

Analysts credit Ginn's catchy, if somewhat cumbersome, campaign slogan:

``I Won't Take Kick Backs -- No Way. I'll Take Kicks Back -- All The Way!''

Exit polls indicated voters also were impressed with Ginn's promise to balance the budget, lower the crime rate and occasionally get a little separation on the cornerback and then not drop the damn ball.

Election returns: Mayor Ginn has catchy slogan - Greg Cote - MiamiHerald.com

['BusNative]

4th and 15 through the hands.... I just feel for Teddy. I can still hear Musberger talking about how Tress said Teddy had the best hands on the team during The Game in 2006.....

[HilmerJ]

i just dont get it, they dont play him the whole game and then when they need a big play, they finally throw it to him and ask him to make a big play

[3074326]

Originally Posted by ethel merman

Exactly. They need a real QB bad. If they don't want him, shut up and trade him to the Colts where they know how to use WRs. Or maybe the Saints. Haven't watched enough of Brees to know if he can throw long.

Sigh

Ted drops too many balls at this point in time. Stop blaming the offense he's in. There's a reason he's not getting as much playing time as many think he should be right now.

Originally Posted by HilmerJ

i just dont get it, they dont play him the whole game and then when they need a big play, they finally throw it to him and ask him to make a big play

He should be thankful for the opportunity considering his struggles, and he should make the play. Just because they haven't looked to him for a big play all game (apparently) doesn't mean that's an excuse not to make it.

[Buckeyecty4]

Originally Posted by HilmerJ

i just dont get it, they dont play him the whole game and then when they need a big play, they finally throw it to him and ask him to make a big play

Boy, that's an interesting take on the situation....

[dragurd]

Uh everyone dropped big catches in that game. So either henne throws magic uncatchable balls at times or all their receivers suck. Teddy simply has no confidence in himself to catch the ball anymore and among a bunch of average to bad recievers he's still 2nd or 3rd best.

[GoodLifeSean]

He needs to get traded bad. It's not the Miami offense that's the problem it's the city of [censored] located an hour south of where I currently live. Fans are assholes, he's never had confidence because no one has ever shown it in him. Trust me, this whole limp penis of a state could drop off into the ocean and the remaining 49 states would be better off for it.
Now that's no excuse for the drops and such but nothing is going to change here. Get him back north where men are men and women don't resemble leather handbags.

[Bleed S & G]

Originally Posted by GoodLifeSean

Get him back north where men are men and women don't resemble leather handbags.

[Buckskin86]

GInn runs out of bounds 4 straight times; Will this year be it for Joey Porter?;
Posted by Dave Hyde on November 15, 2009

Thoughts from the Dolphins win against Tampa Bay:

1. We saw the upside of Ted Ginn Jr.'s kick-returning against the Jets. But if he set a record that game with two 100-yard returns for touchdowns in a quarter, he might have set another record Sunday.

Has any kick returner run four straight kickoffs out of bounds?

Sunday brought a side of Ginn that drives you crazy. The receiving, we're not going to get into. It's understood he can't be counted on to come down with catches. But this kickoff thing is strange. On the fourth return, he actually could have cut inside to where a seam developed, but he opted to step out of bounds.

On the fifth kickoff, Ginn didn't return it out of the end zone. In fact, the only kickoff return he was tackled on Sunday was his sixth, the one he muffed, letting the ball roll by him like a center-fielder missing a ground ball. He had no chance to run more than a few steps and was tackled at the 16-yard line.

GInn runs out of bounds 4 straight times; Will this year be it for Joey Porter?;

[Rookie]

He's sub 200lbs.... Shut up Miami. I live in Florida and I'm moving to New York in a month...... Thank god. The people here are pointless. They don't contribute anything to society and are a hindrance to the human race. Ok not all, but most. (My girlfriends from Florida and she saw me type this, so I have to type the last sentence)

[matcar]

Originally Posted by Rookie

He's sub 200lbs.... Shut up Miami. I live in Florida and I'm moving to New York in a month...... Thank god. The people here are pointless. They don't contribute anything to society and are a hindrance to the human race. Ok not all, but most. (My girlfriends from Florida and she saw me type this, so I have to type the last sentence)

He's a football player. Don't make excuses for size, TGII can take a hit.