DolphinSam Wrote:
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> I'm still waiting for Ginn's breakout year.
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> I'm not a Ginn hater, but I don't want the guy on
> the team if he's incapable of making the clutch
> catches for us. Ok, so he caught some over the
> middle. THAT'S HIS JOB. As someone else said,
> those are routine catches. He had several
> imcomplete passes as well as several which were
> completed. That's not outstanding play, that's
> average play. But the important part is, when
> push comes to shove, and the game is on the line,
> will you catch the ball - or will you flail your
> arms, cross your wrists and let the winning TD go
> right through your hands? Which is is? Well we
> know which is is, we saw it on Monday night.
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> Receivers who can't catch unless the ball is
> thrown perfectly, and they're ready for every
> pass, become corners. But of course, Ginn can't
> be a corner he'd get squashed like a bug. So he's
> the supposed speedy guy who runs out there for the
> deep route. That's his one trick. Well he didn't
> catch some deep routes from Henne in preaseason
> and he didn't catch the one on Monday from
> Pennington.
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> I maintain that he's a decent receiver. But he's
> not a number one draft pick. Someone mentioned
> his receiving average and compared him to Moss.
> Give me a break. I looked at the average yards
> per catch for Monday's game and Ginn's was the
> same as Bess, an undrafted free agent.
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> For the Ginn lovers I would say this much: I
> don't think we're using his talents very well. I
> think he'd be a great 2nd receiver on another team
> with a spread offense. Not a number 1 on our
> team. Trade him or use him. Maybe we should have
> picked up another receiver for this season to run
> opposite Ginn, and we'd see better performance out
> of him. But the coaches in their wisdom
> figured...nah, we don't need a wide receiver.
> Sparano said even yesterday on the radio, naw we
> don't need one.
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> And if the other hope is that when Henne gets in
> eventually, he can get Ginn the ball, then let's
> put Henne in. Let's find out who can play and who
> can't, and we'll know who to trade. But we're
> going on our 2nd year without a solid QB/Number 1
> receiver combo. And that's unacceptable.
I'm not comparing Ginn and Moss because thus far there is no comparison. I was simply pointing out that Teddy is only three catches from being tied with league leader in receptions who happens to be Randy Moss. They have the same average per catch. Ginn is only behind Moss in yardage by 30 and Ginn has converted 10 first downs to Moss's 8.
Obviously you cant compare receivers as far as careers but two games into this season their stats are comparable and I find it hard to believe people already want to give up on him because of a dropped touchdown (like good recievers dont do that once in a while) when he has great production overall in the first two games.
I hope he continues to get better. He has made a few steps forward as a pro and it looks as though he only has one step left. make the big game winning play under pressure. His route running has become really good. We know he has speed. He is actually making catches up the middle in traffic instead of fearing them. I could be wrong but I think he is ready to break out here pretty quick. I hope so anyway!
Go Phins!!!!