Seems we've been taking just a tiny little bit about Ted Ginn lately. No special reason of course... ;-)

Here are some interesting metrics on him and other  wideouts:

This one is for passes thrown to 20 or more yards downfield to a receiver, look who is on top of the list?

1. Ted Ginn, Dolphins: 13 targets, two catches (74 yards, one TD).
2. Vincent Jackson, Chargers: 12 targets, six catches (254 yards, one TD).
3. Donald Driver, Packers: 12 targets, five catches (156 yards, one TD).
4. Mohamed Massaquoi, Browns: 12 targets, four catches (126 yards, no TDs).
5. Steve Smith, Panthers: 12 targets, three catches (98 yards, zero TDs).
6. Terrell Owens, Bills: 12 targets, two catches (82 yards, one TD).

And you can see real quickly what the problem is: 13 targets.........2 catches. Now deep passes are not nearly as high percentage, but Ginn has the worst success rate in this group, a measley 15.3%. The next closest is TO at 16.7% and we'd all agree TO is having a lousy year. Compare this to say, Vincent Jackson, 50% success rate or Donald Driver, 41.7% success rate.

This isn't necessarily a sign that the Fins are going bombs away ala the 07 NE offense with Brady-Moss. My guess is that while GInn has gotten the most targets of 20+ yards, there's probably very few other players being targeted 20+ yards downfiled on our offense this season - save for the occasional wildcat downfield pass.

Another area where Ginn shows up is in the number of times thrown to on third down in the fourth quarter.

1. Steve Smith, Giants: seven targets, six catches.
2. Ted Ginn, Dolphins: seven targets, four catches.
3. Mohamed Massaquoi, Browns: seven targets, two catches.
4. Bobby Wade, Chiefs: six targets, two catches.
5. Wes Welker, Patriots: six targets, one catch.

In this case, Ginn has done a better job. Presumably though these are much shorter passes as they are taking place in 3rd down situations. This is another ominous sign though when Ginn's success rate on short passes is soooooo much higher than on long passes. So to add to the fine work done in an earlier fanpost about Ginn's YAC (in short, mediocre YAC metric) - when you are a one-dimensional speed guy with bad hands, ahem, you really have to make those deep shots work.