Comments on: Ted Ginn would like more catches, but he won’t complain

By: codyodea

codyodea — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:10:10 +0000

After watching Ginn’s career in Miami, I can attest that he simply cannot catch the ball even worse, he doesn’t just drop it, it hits his hands and bounces up e.g right before the half against the saints a few years ago, Sharper gets the rebound and goes for six, we never get back in the game. He couldn’t even start for Miami today. But boy is he fast!

By: wheezie21

wheezie21 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:44:31 +0000

In case you haven’t noticed he needs a quarterback to throw him the ball before he can catch it. A quarterback cant throw when he is busy running.

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:24:30 +0000

Ginn has some value on end arounds, but we didn’t run those very much this year with him. He isn’t a great receiver, but he is good to have for depth and can return the ball. Not a top-10 pick but certainly an important piece for the 49ers for what he does.

By: sowcrates

sowcrates — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:01:25 +0000

At the end of the day, ginn, heyward bey, etc. these guys aren’t draftin themselves in the top-10. Not to say they don’t think of themselves as that good – it’s a players job to always think he is better than he is – but I could see ginn being a poor man’s Santana moss if his career started somewhere else

By: silvercutlery

silvercutlery — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:33:25 +0000

He was a hell of a football player back in college.

I’m no OSU fan (Michigan) but wow, #7, right from his first game as a freshmen was dynamic.

Ultimately he will go down as a bust, though he was a massive reach at #7. It shook the NFL world when he was announced. He never should’ve gone that high.

It’s a shame. Had he gone later in the 1st to a playoff team that could have slowly worked him in, he could’ve been something.

Miami is still looking for a WR ps.

By: uwsptke

uwsptke — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:23:59 +0000

dontouchmyjunk says:
Jan 31, 2013 12:58 PM
Funny. I remember Desmond Howard as a top 10 bust of the Redskins.

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But to anyone who isn’t a Redskins fan, you’d probably remember his as the electric returner for the Packers championship team who started off the second half with a kick return TD.

By: dontouchmyjunk

dontouchmyjunk — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:58:36 +0000

Funny. I remember Desmond Howard as a top 10 bust of the Redskins.

By: freepretzels

freepretzels — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:51:29 +0000

He can’t catch. Next.

By: kaliker

kaliker — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:47:11 +0000

Catch the Ball and you will have more catches

By: phelbin

phelbin — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:44:15 +0000

That was a refreshingly honest and unselfish statement from Ginn. He gets it. Titus Young could learn a lot from this guy.

One of the biggest reasons the 49ers have been so successful the last two seasons is because they excel at the seemingly mundane parts of the game…offensive line and special teams.

By: hawkforlife

hawkforlife — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:39:25 +0000

“a return touchdown on Sunday at the Superdome would go a long way toward erasing the perception that he’s a draft bust”

That’s one of the dumbest statements ever posted here. He was drafted to be a top tier receiver not a 4th round returner.

2 passes, 1 yard for a whole season. BUST!

By: cubsin2049

cubsin2049 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:34:08 +0000

When he has the greatest WR to ever play the game on the field, really what can he do?

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:28:26 +0000

He’ll never get more looks while he’s playing alongside the “Greatest and Most Humble and Modest Wide Receiver of All Time” Randy Moss.

By: tbd3

tbd3 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:27:51 +0000

Ginn has certainly had plenty of bad luck when it comes to who was throwing him the ball, but he has never shown ability as anything other than an electrifying returner.