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Unheralded Panthers WRs Are Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

February 5, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The receivers of the Carolina Panthers are a no-name cast of misfits, seemingly unfit to play a leading role for the highest-scoring offense in football and a team preparing to play Super Bowl 50 as a big favorite. 
Ted Ginn. Jerricho Cotchery. Devin Funchess. Corey Brown. Brenton Bersin. 
Those five names represent the receivers for a team that averaged 31.3 points per game and is now a win over the Denver Broncos away from completing an 18-1 season. 
Many wondered how the Panthers could possibly survive when top receiver Kelvin Benjamin went down with a torn ACL in August, given the remaining personnel at the position. Carolina's five receivers have since transformed from the weakest link in the chain to the perfect supporting cast for the Panthers offense. 
“We understood that we were a whole bunch of misfits and different things like that,” Ginn said, per Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic. “‘We do...

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