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WR Ted Ginn, Jr. (Official Thread)

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Dolphins pondering using Ted Ginn as a returner again
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
October 3, 2009

DAVIE - Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano acknowledged there has been some thought to having Ted Ginn Jr. return to his role as a special teams returner.

Ginn lost the punt returner role to Davone Bess last year because he was too tentative fielding punts. And he lost the kick returner job to Patrick Cobbs in week two because of his lackluster returns in the first game.

However, neither Bess nor Cobbs have shown anything special since. Bess is averaging seven yards on his four returns, and Cobbs is averaging 21.4 on 11 kickoffs.

"It's kind of a feel thing game-by-game with what we want to do. Obviously, sometimes you're looking at it and you think, 'Well if Teddy's returning it, you gain Cobbs in the core [blocking role] when he's not returning,'" Sparano said. "There's some situations we feel like Pat gives us a little better opportunity. And there's some situations where we feel like Ted does."

Ginn set an NCAA record during his college career at Ohio State, returning eight kickoff and punts for touchdowns, but he hasn't been nearly as successful in the NFL.

Throughout his first two seasons Ginn's averaged 9.6 yards as a punt returner, and has scored one touchdown. He's averaging 21.8 yards on the 98 kickoffs he's returned since 2007.

Ginn has previously said returning punts is his favorite assignment, but his long speed makes it more likely he'll be called to return kickoffs.
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Switching it up
One reason Ted Ginn Jr. sat for the first 17 plays of the second half, including one snap wiped out by a penalty, was the Dolphins' emphasis on the run in that span, Sparano said. Both drives produced touchdowns as Ginn grew visibly antsy on the sideline while watching rookie Brian Hartline and Greg Camarillo handle the blocking.

"Ted got lost with that a little bit," Sparano said. ?
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Dolphins gameplan caused Ted Ginn Jr. to get lost in the shuffle
By CARLOS FR?AS
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 07, 2009

DAVIE ? Ted Ginn Jr. got lost in the shuffle.

Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said the team deliberately tried rotating its starting receivers throughout Sunday's game against Buffalo. Whether by design or coincidence, Ginn was the odd man out.

Ginn was thrown to only three times Sunday - the least amount the Dolphins have thrown to him in any game this season - and he caught only one pass for 4 yards. Ginn, the ninth overall pick for the team two years ago, has been determined to assert himself a deep threat, but, in the process, has been Miami's least consistent receiver.

He has been thrown the ball more than any other Dolphins receiver (30 times) and has made only 14 of those catches. By comparison, Davone Bess, who has been targeted 24 times this year, has caught 20 of those balls for a team-high 157 yards. Ginn is second with 138 receiving yards.

However, many of the passes thrown to Ginn are high-risk, lower-percentage plays. The Dolphins opened the past two games by overthrowing him on long passes. Sparano also noted that because Ginn is an outside receiver and not in the slot like Bess and Greg Camarillo, he has "a little less real estate" to get open. But no other receiver has such a disparity between the passes he's thrown and the ones he catches.

Sparano said the reason Ginn saw so few opportunities Sunday against Buffalo was that the Dolphins often ran their offense from a "big" formation, which calls for two tight ends and other receives who normally work that scheme. And that's also why Camarillo, who works in that package, was tied with Bess by having five passes thrown to him, catching four, Sparano said.

"Ted got lost with that a little bit," Sparano said.

But the strategy to rotate receivers also came a week after Ginn failed to catch any of the six balls thrown to him against San Diego, snapping his streak of 30 consecutive games with a reception. It was a low point for Ginn, who led the team in catches (56) and yards (790) last year, especially after he caught 11 of the 16 passes thrown his way against Indianapolis, but dropped a tough one in the end zone that might've won the game.

If Ginn's involvement suffered for the strategy, it came as a windfall for rookie wide receiver Brian Hartline, who caught both passes thrown to him, including his first touchdown pass, a 5-yard completion from first-time starter Chad Henne. Hartline has now caught six of the seven passes thrown to him this year.

"To show you can make plays in that situation, that builds confidence with the coaching staff," Hartline said.

The team also likes to see what a receiver does after he catches the ball. The Dolphins stress a "catch eight, run for three" philosophy, and those numbers, too, are lopsided. Bess has the most total yards after his catches, 68; Ginn the least, only 6.

The Dolphins clearly still believe in Ginn. They scripted for Henne to try to hit Ginn on the game-breaker on the first play of the game, and Henne completed a 4-yard pass to Ginn on the very next play. Toward the end of the first quarter, they also called an end around, which Ginn ran for 22 yards. But as Miami ran the ball more Sunday, it never threw Ginn's way after the first half.

"I'm a team player," Ginn said Monday. "I just go by what they tell me to do."
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Dolphins gameplan caused Ted Ginn Jr. to get lost in the shuffle
 
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October 10, 2009
Miami Dolphins: Ted Ginn, Jr., speaks
> Posted by Mike Berardino on October 10, 2009

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Had a nice talk today with Miami Dolphins WR Ted Ginn, Jr., who hadn't spoken to the media all week after another disappointing game last Sunday against the Bills. It's true that Ginn is much more comfortable speaking in smaller groups or one on one instead of having all the bright camera lights in his face, and who can blame him for that?

This is a big game for a guy who had four catches for 88 yards and a TD last year against the Jets. The Ravens? Rex Ryan's former defense let Ginn make nine catches for 86 yards in last year's two meetings. Dolphins went a combined 1-3 in those aforementioned games.

We'll do it in a Q&A format this time:

Q: It was strange seeing you off the field for all those plays at the start of the second half last week. How tough was that for you?

A: I'm a player, man. I like to be on the field, but in the same sense, man, I just do what my coaches ask me to do and that's all I can do.

Q: Coach Sparano explained you were out because you guys were running the big package. Is that right? Did they let you know that?

A: We were in the big package. I guess there really wasn't any need for me to be out there. We were running the ball good and we were playing good. Don't stop nothing that's doing good.

Q: How do you think you are as a run blocker?

A: I think I run block real good. I mean, sometimes you might slip up. But for the most part, when I know it's something I got to do, I go out and do it. I'm a football player. Half of the time, the corner doesn't come up and hit anybody. That kind of makes your job a little easier.

Q: You're playing this week against a corner in Darrelle Revis who is really coming into his own. Do you expect him to take you in coverage?

A: Oh, yeah. For sure. I'm just going to go out and play hard, work hard, just try to do what I can do.

Q: Does that motivate you to go against a guy like Revis?

A: It motivates me a lot. That's what you want. That's what you're in this league for. You want to go out and play against the best competition all the time, so just go out and have fun.

Q: You got a chance to do some unusual things on kickoff returns, taking those fake reverses from Patrick Cobbs. What was that like?

A: It's just different situations, different times, we can do different things. Next time I come we might give it off, but right now I'm just happy to be a decoy and know we made good yardage and that was really it.

Q: Last time you were used as a decoy in a spot like that?

A: Never.
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1565834; said:
Odd seeing Henne throw to Ginn in a game that also has Braylon Edwards involved.
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Dont forget Hartline and Mangold were playing as well...Its like the entire Big Ten was transplanted into the South tonight:

Hartline (OSU)
Ginn (OSU)
Mangold (OSU)
Edwards (scUM)
Henne (scUM)
Fasano (ND)
Dustin Keller (Turdue)


But the only reason Ginn made that TD tonight - Southern Speed! :paranoid:
 
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