Nat Moore helping Ted Ginn grow

I really liked this story, and hopefully some Dolphin fans will enjoy it! Go Ginn!

Nat Moore, Dolphin legend defends Touchdown Teddy Ginn:

Ginn isn't aggressive enough? ``Everyone wants him to become a macho man, and that's just not fair. Hell, [Mark] Duper stepped out of bounds. I stepped out of bounds. There are certain times when you sacrifice your body -- and certain times when you don't.''

Ginn isn't living up to his draft status? ``We have so many people blaming this kid because he was the ninth pick! Let's look at his body of work. If you look at the opportunities, his actual playing time, you realize he still led the team in receiving and scored touchdowns running with the football and catching it. He does a lot more than the average receiver around the league.''

Ginn is taking too long to progress? ``This is his second year with the same system, the same coaches, the same offensive coordinator. How many quarterbacks has he had?''

You are probably starting to get the point. As Ginn continues to produce, debates about his talent -- and about whether he can be a No. 1 receiver -- there are plenty of people that already have jumped off the bandwagon. Not Moore. He continues to drive it.

But whether Moore is capable of winning over the court of public opinion doesn't really matter. That is something time will dictate as Ginn's career progresses. But his support still seems to be having an impact on the only person that matters: the player himself.

``There's a couple of guys that stick with me around here, but he's a guy that really stands out in my mind,'' Ginn said. ``He's a guy that played the game and understands all of it.

``To have an old-school guy like that behind me, somebody who was that a legend in this league and is around the facility all the time, it does nothing but help me get better everyday.''

As Ginn dealt with the trials of his first season in the pros, which included playing for three quarterbacks, Moore helped keep the wide receiver from becoming mentally crippled -- something that some argue happened to then-rookie quarterback John Beck. And as Ginn had a back-and-forth year last season that included flashes of success and moments of mediocrity, it was Moore who preached the importance of consistency