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Both were top 10 picks. Washington drafted Howard and he never adjusted to the receiver position. They let him go and Howard became a fantastic kick returner for Green Bay, and altered games from that role.
If Miami only can garner a 4th or 5th round pick for Ginn, then the fins should keep him and turn him into our version of Howard. Miami would have to put a 4th or 5th round pick on a returner anyway.
For those of you who say that we sunk a top ten pick on Ginn and you don't do that for a returner, let me say this. You have to look at this like economic theory. Its a sunk cost. Frankly it does not matter what the expectation for Ginn was. It only matters what he can actually do. And you can see the confidence he has developed as a returner.
As for his drop in the middle of the field yesterday on 4th down, that is on the coaches. Ginn is a skinny frail kid with breathtaking speed. Yet, the coaches try and make him into a tough, physical receiver. Its just not going to happen. Turner or Hartline could make that play, but not Ginn.
On offense, Ginn should be running fly patterns, sideline out patterns to hedge the flies, maybe slants, and end-arounds. But he is a backup receiver, and nothing more. Throwing to him in the middle of the field on 4th and long with the game on the line is pure insanity. That's on the coaches. You might as well have put Jason Ferguson out there for that play. Its just a mismatch for the player's skill set.
Sparano, Dorrell, and Henning need to understand how to use Ginn and stop trying to make him into something he is not. For crying out loud, part of coaching is using your personnel appropriately.
If Miami only can garner a 4th or 5th round pick for Ginn, then the fins should keep him and turn him into our version of Howard. Miami would have to put a 4th or 5th round pick on a returner anyway.
For those of you who say that we sunk a top ten pick on Ginn and you don't do that for a returner, let me say this. You have to look at this like economic theory. Its a sunk cost. Frankly it does not matter what the expectation for Ginn was. It only matters what he can actually do. And you can see the confidence he has developed as a returner.
As for his drop in the middle of the field yesterday on 4th down, that is on the coaches. Ginn is a skinny frail kid with breathtaking speed. Yet, the coaches try and make him into a tough, physical receiver. Its just not going to happen. Turner or Hartline could make that play, but not Ginn.
On offense, Ginn should be running fly patterns, sideline out patterns to hedge the flies, maybe slants, and end-arounds. But he is a backup receiver, and nothing more. Throwing to him in the middle of the field on 4th and long with the game on the line is pure insanity. That's on the coaches. You might as well have put Jason Ferguson out there for that play. Its just a mismatch for the player's skill set.
Sparano, Dorrell, and Henning need to understand how to use Ginn and stop trying to make him into something he is not. For crying out loud, part of coaching is using your personnel appropriately.
