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WR Ted Ginn, Jr. (Official Thread)

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Ted Ginn Jr. is happy about the San Francisco 49ers' opportunity in NFC Championship
Branson Wright, The Plain Dealer
January 18, 2013

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The San Francisco 49ers find themselves in the same position they were in last year - in the NFC Championship.

But things are a little different this time around. Unlike last year, the 49ers' trip to the Super Bowl will have to take place on the road in Atlanta against the Falcons.

Unlike last year, the 49ers are riding the wave of dynamic quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

And unlike last season, Ted Ginn Jr. will have the opportunity on special teams to help make the difference his team couldn't make against the eventual Super Bowl champ New York Giants.

Ginn was out last year due to injury. In his absence, Kyle Williams fumbled during a punt return in overtime and that slammed the door on the 49ers' season.

Ginn was helpless on the sideline.

"It was very tough to watch my teammates and not be able to help," said Ginn, formerly of Glenville High School and Ohio State. "When you're injured, all you can do is root the team on. So that's what I did."

Now that he's healthy and his pep squad career is over, Ginn will be in uniform on Sunday focused on helping the 49ers advance to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1994.

Last year's experience could help against the Falcons.

"Experience will help," Ginn said. "We fought all season to get into this position. We're going to keep pushing forward. Our chemistry is good and we're clicking . . . It's an honor to be here, but it's up to us to take advantage of this opportunity."
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http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2013/01/ted_ginn_jr_is_happy_about_the.html
 
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Four Buckeyes hope to help 49ers to Super Bowl win
By Steve Doerschuk
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Jan 29, 2013

NEW ORLEANS ?

Ted Ginn Jr. has a two-part dream.

Part one: Score an early touchdown, just as he did for Ohio State that day.

Part two: Finish the game this time.

Ginn, a comet from Cleveland Glenville High School, is one of the fastest players ever to suit up for the Buckeyes.

On Jan. 8, 2007, in the BCS national championship game against Urban Meyer?s Florida Gators, he blazed 93 yards for a touchdown on the opening kickoff. The stunner turned bummer after teammate Roy Hall inflicted a sprained ankle on Ginn after charging him in celebration.

Ginn?s day was wrecked, and so was Ohio State?s. Meyer?s Gators rolled 41-14.

It was a crazy way for Ginn to go out. It was his last game as a Buckeye. On April 2 that year, Ohio State?s basketball team fell to Florida in another NCAA title game. On April 29, the Miami Dolphins grabbed Ginn with the ninth overall pick of the NFL draft.

Ginn has faded from the limelight since then, but he has a chance to burst back big time. He is the 49ers? punt returner. He is in his first ?national championship game? since 2007.

Ginn can?t do against Baltimore in Sunday?s Super Bowl what he did against Florida: Return the opening kick for a touchdown. Rookie LaMichael James handles kickoff returns.

Ginn, however, is the 49ers? punt returner.

?I?ve thought about it for sure, definitely,? Ginn said of returning a punt for a TD.

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http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/x206919265/Four-Buckeyes-hope-to-help-49ers-to-Super-Bowl-win
 
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Ted Ginn would like more catches, but he won?t complain
Posted by Michael David Smith on January 31, 2013

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Ted Ginn has done essentially nothing on offense for the 49ers, catching just two passes for one yard during the 2012 regular season. So it?s no surprise that when Ginn was asked today if he?d like to have more of an impact on offense, Ginn answered, ?Yeah, for sure.?

But Ginn says he?s not going to complain about his role on the offense (or lack thereof) because he understands that if the 49ers just want him to play as a punt and kickoff returner, that?s what he needs to do.

?Most of the time when you?re on championship teams, you have to sacrifice. Look at LeBron [James] and Dwyane Wade and [Chris] Bosh, they?re all number one picks,? Ginn said. ?But when they had to come together as a team, they had to give up something. You just have to give it up. I?m not saying you can?t do it anymore, but just not at that time. There might be somebody else that can do it better, or it?s the right time for them to do it. So, you just go out and control what you can control, and you play the game.?

Part of the reason that Ginn can appreciate the opportunity he has in San Francisco is that in his first career stop, in Miami, things didn?t go as planned. Ginn was the ninth overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft, but he never developed into the kind of receiver the Dolphins expected him to be. Ginn said he knows some people consider him a draft bust, but he can?t worry about that.

?I can?t help what was going on with my team at the time. I control what I control. My first year, I had eight quarterbacks,? Ginn said. ?If I?m a bust, I?m a good bust.?
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...would-like-more-catches-but-he-wont-complain/

Cleveland's Ted Ginn Jr. awaits his moment for Super Bowl fame
Jan 31, 2013
NEW ORLEANS

Extra Points ?

Could it happen again?: Sitting down and listening to Ted Ginn Jr., I thought of Desmond Howard. The similarities are uncanny.

Cleveland natives and high school legends. One starred at Michigan (Howard) and won the Heisman Trophy, one starred at Ohio State (Ginn). Both were overdrafted. Howard was the fourth overall pick in 1992 by Washington, Ginn the ninth overall in 2007.

Because of that high draft status, both of their NFL careers drew the harsh label of draft bust. Both were discarded by their original teams. Eventually, both found their way not at their natural position of wide receiver but as lethal kick returners.

And in Howard?s case, he blasted into the NFL record books with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in Super Bowl 31, earning him the MVP award. No pure special teams player impacted a Super Bowl like that before or since.

?I didn?t watch it,? Ginn told me. ?Just me being a part of this game and knowing history, I know don?t ever get settled to no position. You can be the No. 1 receiver, you can be the No. 1 running back, you can be the top quarterback. And somewhere down the line, somebody else has to help you make a play.

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http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&action=blog&r=17&post_id=11801
 
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Nickel package Q&A: 49ers KR Ted Ginn Jr.
Posted: February 2, 2013
By Ryan O'Halloran

Each day, Times-Union sportswriter Ryan O?Halloran asks five questions of a player. The ninth pick in the 2007 draft by Miami, Ginn was traded to San Francisco in 2010. He has only 33 regular-season catches in three years with the 49ers, but returned 43 punts/kickoffs in the regular season.

On the positives of playing for San Francisco compared to Miami:

?It?s all football. The 49ers have a little more tradition. Most people don?t have the opportunity to play for a big-time team. It?s been an honor to play for them. ? I have no bad feelings toward Miami. When I was there, I had good times. It was a business move they had to do, and sometimes that just happens.?

On if it stings to be called a draft bust:

?There are a lot of them out here. It?s all about how you change it around. It?s not going to stop me from going out and playing. If I?m a bust, I?m a good bust. I can?t help what was going on with my team at the time. It was tough, but it?s the life of a football team.?

On his role this year being mostly special teams:

?I?m a team player at all times. Everything before now is really forgotten about. I?m right where I want to be, playing in the Super Bowl.?

On if he would like to have a bigger impact as a receiver:

?Yeah for sure, but most of the time when you?re on championship teams, you have to sacrifice. Look at LeBron [James] and Dwyane [Wade] and [Chris] Bosh. They?re all No. 1 picks but when they had to come together as a team, they had to give up something.?

On if he still has the same kind of speed he did as a rookie:

?I?m still up there, but I haven?t had the opportunity to work out as a track athlete in a while. If you don?t work your muscles every day in that way, you can lose it fast.?
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Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/sports/foot...package-qa-49ers-kr-ted-ginn-jr#ixzz2JkkyyDIA
 
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i had a dream last night that teddy returned a punt in the super bowl and was juking everyone out of their shoes...he didn't return it for a touchdown, but it was a sick return....maybe it is a sign of things to come....

i also dreamed that me, lebron, dwade and dwight howard won a Division 3 college basketball tournament...so maybe its not a sign of things to come...
 
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Ted Ginn's father: 49ers don't use him, needs to find a new home
By Josh Katzowitz | Blogger
February 5, 2013

Since he was taken with the Dolphins first-round pick in 2007 (ninth overall), receiver Ted Ginn Jr. has been less than relevant on offense. Actually, that's not exactly right. He did average 42.7 catches per season his first three years with Miami.

It's only been since he signed with the 49ers that he's become a ghost on offense. That's got to be the reason Ginn's father, Ted Ginn Sr., told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the 49ers ?don't use him. He has to find a home.?

Well, San Francisco does use Ginn, but mostly on kickoff returns.

In his past three seasons with the 49ers, he's recorded 33 combined catches (including just two in 2012), and he's spent most of his time as a returner. Despite injuries to receivers Kyle Williams and Mario Manningham, Ginn clearly was an afterthought in offensive coordinator Greg Roman's offense this season.

So, don't be surprised if Ginn, who will become a free agent this offseason, finds another home for 2013. Especially since he wants to play more receiver, as he made evident before the year began.

"I want to be known as a receiver, not a specialist guy, not a punt returner, kickoff returner," Ginn said in March. "I want to be known as an actual receiver ? I'm six years in now. I just want to be able to just be a receiver, and special teams is given."
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http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/e...r-49ers-dont-use-him-needs-to-find-a-new-home
 
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How to stop Teddy .... kinda like intentional pass interference .... kinda like Hack a Shaq ....

http://www.cleveland.com/budshaw/index.ssf/2013/02/investigating_ncaas_signing_da.html


Microphones picked up the Ravens' Flacco telling teammates they needed to come off the sidelines and tackle Ted Ginn Jr. on the off chance the Niners' punt returner found a clear lane to the endzone on the final play of the Super Bowl.

While there's been discussion about what the penalty would be for such a play, there hasn't been much discussion about what it would say about Flacco if, indeed, he were serious as Anquan Boldin, for one, believes he was.

Unbelievable. That would've been one of the most infamous bush-league plays in sports history.

Say it ain't so, Joe.
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The penalty would have been a touchdown: NFL Rulebook sections 12:3:2 and 12:3:3 especially, discuss the penalties allowed in a "Palpably Unfair Act", which includes a player coming off the bench and tackling a player en route to a touchdown. The referee is allowed to award a score in return, if judged that it deprived the other team of a score.
 
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A league source tells CSN Bay Area the 49ers have not "placed a high priority" on re-signing return specialist Ted Ginn.
Ginn is still a fine return man, but continued to have trouble staying healthy in 2012, and offered nothing as a pass catcher for a team hurting for receiver depth. The 49ers would be better off devoting Ginn's roster spot to a returner who can actually catch passes in a pinch, or vice versa. Beat writer Matt Maiocco reports LaMichael James and Kyle Williams could compete for return duties in Ginn's absence. Feb 22
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http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4168/ted-ginn
 
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