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The Panthers offense was already pretty good last year, thanks to an MVP season from quarterback Cam Newton.

It might be even better today.

Via the team’s official website, wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin was back on the field Thursday for OTAs, his first on-field work since tearing his ACL in training camp last year.

Benjamin was a force his rookie year, catching 73 passes for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns.

But even though they went 15-1 and made it to the Super Bowl, their lack of a guy who could get open and catch it if he did was exposed by the Broncos in that final game.

Getting Benjamin back, along with the development of Devin Funchess, gives the Panthers the chance to improve significantly in the passing game.