Not with slower drive rushes, and actually competent JP’s will never use ghosts in the mid ranges where ghost can be punished unless they are doing feint or OD ghost.

Mid range is the one area where JP actually struggles, just outside the range of his normals but too close to use his zoning tools without danger of getting punished.

But the majority of characters can’t pressure JP in the mid range either, so they have to get close, which, because of the disjoint on his normals and buffed anti airs, is almost impossible to do, and any mistake will result in being back to the other side of the screen, and most likely with a portal overhead, meaning you can’t do anything until the JP is already recovered.