Miami Dolphins wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. can't hold on to a pass in the end zone near the end of the game as he is covered by the Indianapolis Colts' Jacob Lacey in the fourth quarter on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 at Land Shark Stadium. The Colts won the game 27-23. JOE RIMKUS JR. / STAFF PHOTO
The Dolphins' disappointing start generated plenty of commentary from team alums at
Don Shula's and
O.J. McDuffie's charity events last week.
Ted Ginn Jr. drew derision from several former Dolphins for drops and his penchant for running out of bounds.
``He's an embarrassment and a coward,''
Bob Kuechenberg said. ``He's got alligator arms. It's sad. I don't even know that he has the ability. I haven't seen it.''
McDuffie lamented, ``Every good team has a solid No. 1 receiver, and we have nobody. Just a bunch of twos and threes. Teddy can run, but how much of a football player is he? You either have it or not. Teddy is not as astute a player as I thought he would be. I've seen him go down when nobody is around.''
Jim Kiick diagnosed Ginn's problem as mental. ``He doesn't concentrate. And his route running is not good.''
Mercury Morris said Ginn ``needs to talk to either me or [inspirational speaker]
Tony Robbins about becoming enlightened and doing the opposite of the things he thinks are right.''
Mark Duper said he sent Ginn an e-mail, offering tutoring, but Ginn never responded.
``The only way you're going to get better is if you get somebody to come in and work with him,'' Duper said. ``I would do that for him. I wouldn't charge. As far as not wanting to get hit, I could [fix] that. He's got the speed I had when I came into the league. You can't teach that. What you can teach is technique and fundamentals, which he's been missing. I was fortunate enough to have
Nat Moore to play with. Ted doesn't have that.''
