Ted Ginn: I give all my success to Cam Newton

[Cookie Lyon]

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I think it's great that Ted Ginn Jr. credited Cam Newton for his success because it's the TRUTH!

 

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"I give all my success to Cam Newton. Without him, there is no Ted Ginn," he said, via the Charlotte Observer. "I can't say that vice versa. But we really, really have a nice thing going right now."

 

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Newton put on another MVP performance Sunday, tossing the ball just 21 times (completing 15) for 265 yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions and a career-high passer rating of 153.3.

Many fools in the anti-Cam MVP discussion will point solely to the quarterback's stats, as if football is played on a piece of paper. Well, here are some stats from the last seven games, when Newton has hogtied the MVP race: 62 percent completion percentage, 255.3 pass yards per game, 19-3 TD-INT ratio, 112.5 passer rating and three rushing touchdowns

Without Newton the Panthers aren't undefeated. Without Newton the Panthers aren't close the the highest scoring team in the NFL. He might not be everyone's perfect quarterback, but there is no denying he's a winning quarterback. Every week Newton makes plays to get his team the W and throws that leave your jaw gaping:

 

 

[OneBadCat]

Ted Ginn is just a different guy with Cam and the Panthers. I feel like Ginn believes he can be the WR he was supposed to be here.

[Khyber53]

Classy move, but Ted, take some of the credit man. Those two passes were a thing of beauty.

Those drops before? We're undefeated, no biggie. Just keep doing what you're doing.

Tear the roof off!

[caatfan]

That first long reception, down the left sideline, was a hell of a catch.

[Pox 08]

9 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

Ted Ginn is just a different guy with Cam and the Panthers. I feel like Ginn believes he can be the WR he was supposed to be here.

That's because he can be.    He';s only 30. ,  I swear,  I would try to lock him up for at least 2 more years,  just to see if him and Cam can develop even more chemistry.  

[2jakefansinva]

Could have sworn he caught the first one with one hand.....

[Dunn]

Thats the thing with Ginn, he will catch some absolute BULLETS from Newton in a tight situation when it matters, but the bombs where he has 2 steps, he drops.  

 

In the end, glad to have that guy line on our WR this season, he has contributed greatly this season.

[bryn10]

So huge we brought him back this year.  He knows how perfectly he fits here.

[mav1234]

All that is true, but this offense wouldn't be where it is without Ginn.  His ability to blow the top off of a defense does so much for the team.

[d-dave]

While Ginn is a very different player here; I'm just thrilled to have him be part of our team.  

Ginn has made some really great catches and drops this season.  He's kind of a 50/50 guy.  You'll have to take the misses because his hits are insane.  I'm glad he's here, and I'll be glad when he can be the 3rd/4th receiver again. Getting Funchess better, getting KB back is going to push him back down.  He'll still be productive, and if I'm him, I stick around here.  Want a Super Bowl ring?  This might be the team to do it.

[Udogg]

Not many receivers in the league with ludicrous speed.  Ginn is one of them.  Watching the game with falcon fans was so enjoyable.

"My god, why don't they have a safety over the top"

"You can't guard Ted Ginn with a f"ing linebacker!!!!"

"We are engraving Cam Newton's MVP trophy"

"Cam is so much better than Matt Ryan it's not even funny even more"

"This team just quit"

etc...etc...

[Ivan The Awesome]

What boggles my mind is the fact that if he hadn't dropped all those sure touchdowns this year so far, he'd have at least 10 TDS and probably 1200 yards. It's crazy. 

[Khyber53]

We get a lot of credit with guys like Cam, Luke, TD, Olsen, Stewart and Norman. They are, rightfully, star players and all good teams are built around guys like them, but when we look back on this season, we all need to remember the guys like Ginn that pushed us up to greatness because they found a home and a system that they could thrive in.

We're lucky here that our star players don't act like celebrity players. Rising tides lift all boats it's often said, but here it seems to be the rule of the day. The environment here, now, is one where players thought to be marginal or cast off by other teams can actually shine and find their place. Ginn's a good example, but you also have to put him in there with Coleman, Tolbert, Short, Turner, Norwell and others who are playing lights out because they have a system that works with them and values them. These guys have all had their moments of stardom and some haven't even hit the top end yet. Some of them would have never had that shot elsewhere.

And look at guys like Cotchery, Harper, Oher, Tillman and Allen. These are quality vets that other teams had seen as being on the downslopes of their career arcs. Here, they aren't just coming in as teachers (but they are and impactful ones, too), but as starters and quality contributors.

Old JR has a lot to be proud of here. His front office and coaching staff is working on creating a world-class environment and organization. 13-0 is the biggest by product of that.

[gorillamilitia13]

1 hour ago, caatfan said:

That first long reception, down the left sideline, was a hell of a catch.

sure was, nice one hander.