HardHittingRoy31
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April 13
(12:01 AM): Ginn workout chewed over… There was an interesting debate around today following up on Ohio State WR Ted Ginn’s private workout on Wednesday. Did he help himself; or hurt himself; and whether he should have worked out at all if he wasn’t totally healthy were among the pertinent issues. In the end it appears to be something of a wash. According to his father, Ginn, who has been rehabbing a foot injury since early January, is still only about 75-80% healthy, was timed in the 4.40 range running three 40s at his workout at Columbus. That was something of a disappointing time, though, for who was hoping to time under 4.30. Still, the reaction of more than one team appears to have been that running a 4.40 when he clearly wasn’t 100% was impressive in its own right. In fact, all 32 teams in the league know that Ginn is fast; indeed, he may be the fastest player in the 2007 draft class. What Ginn wasn’t able to do was run and cut running routes and that may hurt him in the eyes of teams that are concerned about Ginn’s lack of polish as a receiver. In fact, there were a number of teams that reportedly have politely inquired about Ginn’s potential as a CB. Ginn actually came to Ohio State as a highly-recruited defensive back and has reportedly said that he actually prefers that side of the ball. There has also been some variation in reports as to how many teams were actually represented in Columbus at Ginn’s workout. Early reports suggested that just about every team was there, however, other reports have put the number in the 15-16 range. One team that definitely was there was St. Louis. Despite the fact that the Rams had several other high-profile prospects in St. Louis for visits on Wednesday, the Rams chartered a plane and flew a full contingent to Columbus including head coach Scott Linehan, offensive coordinator Greg Olson, and receivers coach Henry Ellard, as well as VP of player personnel Tony Softli . The Rams have the 13th pick overall, about where Ginn is rated on many pre-draft value boards, and could be looking to add some fresh legs. Meanwhile, Ginn will reportedly work out privately for at least one other team – believed to be Washington - early next week. According to his father, though, Ginn is still anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months away from being able to go full out.link:greatbluenorthdraft.com
(12:01 AM): Ginn workout chewed over… There was an interesting debate around today following up on Ohio State WR Ted Ginn’s private workout on Wednesday. Did he help himself; or hurt himself; and whether he should have worked out at all if he wasn’t totally healthy were among the pertinent issues. In the end it appears to be something of a wash. According to his father, Ginn, who has been rehabbing a foot injury since early January, is still only about 75-80% healthy, was timed in the 4.40 range running three 40s at his workout at Columbus. That was something of a disappointing time, though, for who was hoping to time under 4.30. Still, the reaction of more than one team appears to have been that running a 4.40 when he clearly wasn’t 100% was impressive in its own right. In fact, all 32 teams in the league know that Ginn is fast; indeed, he may be the fastest player in the 2007 draft class. What Ginn wasn’t able to do was run and cut running routes and that may hurt him in the eyes of teams that are concerned about Ginn’s lack of polish as a receiver. In fact, there were a number of teams that reportedly have politely inquired about Ginn’s potential as a CB. Ginn actually came to Ohio State as a highly-recruited defensive back and has reportedly said that he actually prefers that side of the ball. There has also been some variation in reports as to how many teams were actually represented in Columbus at Ginn’s workout. Early reports suggested that just about every team was there, however, other reports have put the number in the 15-16 range. One team that definitely was there was St. Louis. Despite the fact that the Rams had several other high-profile prospects in St. Louis for visits on Wednesday, the Rams chartered a plane and flew a full contingent to Columbus including head coach Scott Linehan, offensive coordinator Greg Olson, and receivers coach Henry Ellard, as well as VP of player personnel Tony Softli . The Rams have the 13th pick overall, about where Ginn is rated on many pre-draft value boards, and could be looking to add some fresh legs. Meanwhile, Ginn will reportedly work out privately for at least one other team – believed to be Washington - early next week. According to his father, though, Ginn is still anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months away from being able to go full out.link:greatbluenorthdraft.com
or whatever you want and evaluate that. You watch how he goes out and runs those specific routes. Does he cut hard? Does he round out his routes? You watch how he holds his hands when the ball is coming to him on those routes. You watch how fast his head turns back toward the ball. You then take that info and go back and review films and try to put the two components together. Him not having a complete combine or complete private workout may have hurt him in that respect. 
