Carolina Panthers RB Rico Dowdle has averaged 10.5 total touches per game in the past two outings. Head coach Dave Canales explained that he has been trying to keep both Dowdle and RB Chuba Hubbard fresh. ‘I just believe that with the players we have in the backfield, if we can sustain drives, if we can play these games that way, then we have a full-speed runner, a violent runner in every time,’ Canales said Tuesday, Sept. 30.
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