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Oneshot;1835449; said:Yet another kick return TD called back for a penalty.
This dude is getting jobbed year in and year out.
SEREbuckeye;1840816; said:Just took one to the house against the Rams on a punt return. This is his second PR for TD in his career.
Well done.
Several people inside the Dolphins weren?t pleased that the team traded away Ted Ginn Jr., the team?s only legitimate speed threat and a solid kickoff returner, for a fifth-round pick. ?We gave him away for nothing,? one team source said.
Ginn was good; will he star with Seely?
Posted on February 14, 2011 by Eric Branch
The acquisition of Ted Ginn was a boon for the 49ers? pitiful punt-return unit.
Now, will the hiring of special teams coordinator Brad Seely be a boon for the already productive Ginn?
Ginn brought respectability to a punt-return unit that ranked last in the NFL in 2009, averaging 4.4 yards per return (the lowest in the league since 2004). Ginn?s 13.4-yard average ranked third in the NFL and his 78-yard punt return for a touchdown on Dec. 26 at St. Louis was San Francisco?s first since 2005.
Perhaps the most telling stat: Ginn had four punt returns of at least 20 yards after the Niners didn?t manage one 20-yard return in 2009.
As brilliant as Ginn was on punts, he was equally as ordinary on kickoffs. He averaged 21.1 yards on 47 returns, a figure that ranked 30th among the NFL?s 36 players with at least 20 returns. It was also below the 23.0-yard average Ginn had in his first three seasons in Miami.
Enter Seely, a two-time Special Teams Coach of the Year whose units in Cleveland this past season ranked third in the NFL according to statistics compiled by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News (the Niners ranked 17th). Seely?s special teams units ranked first in the league in 2009 when the 5-11 Browns ranked 32nd in the NFL in total offense and 31st in total defense. Seely?s special teams have ranked among the NFL?s top-five on six occasions since 1990 according to Gosselin?s statistics, which are considered the industry standard.
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NFL Lockout: Ted Ginn Jr. doesn't want fans to choose sides
Published: Friday, April 15, 2011
By Branson Wright, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer
Starting Blocks with Branson Wright Starting Blocks with Branson Wright Branson Wright sits down with Cleveland native, and San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, Ted Ginn, Jr., to talk about the NFL lockout and Ginn's upcoming charity dodge ball game. Watch video
Ted Ginn Jr. has been in the NFL since the Miami Dolphins made him the ninth-overall pick out of Ohio State in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Ginn, now with the San Francisco 49ers, has been in a waiting game like all of the players and owners when it comes to the NFL Lockout.
In this interview with Branson Wright of SBTV, Ginn talks about the labor issues that has created a divide between players and owners, pensions and health care for retired players, and why fans shouldn't take sides in this labor issue.
Forty-Niners quarterback Troy Smith, and several other celebrities will take Ginn's side from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday in a dodge ball event at Cleveland Heights High School to help raise funds for cancer screening. The event will include giveaways.