Ginn's primary issue since entering the NFL is that he's been paired with poor down-field passers

Ted Ginn has been lighting up OTAs and mini camp thus far. His ability as a deep threat, and pure burner is matched only by Steve Smith on the team -- something Carolina have lacked since drafting Cam Newton. While it's important to keep a measured approach to Ginn's recent success by understanding the talent deficiencies in the Panthers' secondary, it's also important to understand the quarterback problems he's dealt with since entering the league.

The quarterback-receiver relationship is more symbiotic than 'if one's good, the other will be'. The minutia comes into play when you have incomplete NFL players who can remain successful when paired with a complementary one. Guys like Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald can be plugged into any system, but a quick-twitch receiver with poor straight-line speed will be far better in a West Coast Offense, for example.

Ginn's primary issue since entering the NFL is that he's been paired with poor down-field passers. In his most successful year he was tied to an accurate Chad Pennington, but recovering from shoulder surgery meant he couldn't get the ball deep with regularity.

This is a different course to players like Legedu Naanee, and even Domenik Hixon -- who were paired with excellent quarterbacks for their careers, but unable to do a lot. It shows that Ginn (provided he's healthy) has a much higher ceiling than he's given credit for, especially when plugged into this offense.

Chris Canty was back in Charlotte this week to his his football camp, but was hoping this offseason it might have been a longer stay.

Canty told Jonathan Jones of the Charlotte Observer that he talked to Panthers General Manager Dave Gettleman about joining his hometown team, but was told there weren’t sufficient funds.

“They needed a lot of players. I think the direction they wanted to go was to get as many quality players as they could at a bargain price,” Canty said. “Quite frankly, I wasn’t going to be able to come in and play for what they would have liked, what they could have afforded.”

Canty eventually signed a three-year, $8 million deal with the Ravens.

The Panthers re-signed their own defensive tackle Dwan Edwards to a two-year, $3.6 million deal, plucked Colin Cole off the scrap heap for the minimum, and used their top two draft picks on Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short.

As much as Canty would have helped, investing the draft picks gives the Panthers a chance to make a long-term improvement to the line, coupled with a strong group of pass-rushers. That enabled them to aim a little lower for help in the middle in terms of free agents.

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