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He had 1.2 million reasons to be bitter. No one would have blamed him. But Ted Ginn Jr. insisted he was neither bitter nor angry at the San Francisco 49ers for essentially forcing him to take a more than 50 percent pay cut last week, right before the season started.
It is hard to believe that a man could get his salary slashed from $2.2 million to $1 million and he isn't even the slightest bit miffed. But then again, look at the performance.
When the Niners needed him most Sunday, Ginn came up huge. He had two returns for touchdowns in the span of a minute late in the fourth quarter that put Seattle away and gave Jim Harbaugh the first win of his NFL coaching career.
Ginn did not even learn he would return kicks until right before the game. It didn't matter.
"It's great when you can give back to your team and be a special player," Ginn said. "That's all you ask for, somebody to rise to the occasion. Me and my other 10 guys on special teams, we rose."
That they did, and they weren't alone.
After a 4½-month hiatus thanks to the lockout, football returned in full force last weekend, and although it wasn't as sloppy as it could have been had the preseason been significantly shortened, there were issues. Look at the numbers -- an NFL-record 7,842 net passing yards in Week 1, 14 quarterbacks who threw for at least 300 yards, eight returners who scored touchdowns. Defenses took a big hit. Coverage units, too.
He had 1.2 million reasons to be bitter. No one would have blamed him. But Ted Ginn Jr. insisted he was neither bitter nor angry at the San Francisco 49ers for essentially forcing him to take a more than 50 percent pay cut last week, right before the season started.
It is hard to believe that a man could get his salary slashed from $2.2 million to $1 million and he isn't even the slightest bit miffed. But then again, look at the performance.
When the Niners needed him most Sunday, Ginn came up huge. He had two returns for touchdowns in the span of a minute late in the fourth quarter that put Seattle away and gave Jim Harbaugh the first win of his NFL coaching career.
Ginn did not even learn he would return kicks until right before the game. It didn't matter.
"It's great when you can give back to your team and be a special player," Ginn said. "That's all you ask for, somebody to rise to the occasion. Me and my other 10 guys on special teams, we rose."
That they did, and they weren't alone.
After a 4½-month hiatus thanks to the lockout, football returned in full force last weekend, and although it wasn't as sloppy as it could have been had the preseason been significantly shortened, there were issues. Look at the numbers -- an NFL-record 7,842 net passing yards in Week 1, 14 quarterbacks who threw for at least 300 yards, eight returners who scored touchdowns. Defenses took a big hit. Coverage units, too.
