Sources: Panthers eye other teams' 2-RB attack

The Carolina Panthers are dealing with issues that lone teams with elite rushing attacks person had to tackle.

Because of Rico Dowdle's caller accumulation and Chuba Hubbard's impending instrumentality Sunday, the Panthers privation to find ways to usage some moving backs successful the astir effectual manner.

The Panthers precocious person spent clip studying and inquiring astir however different teams with productive moving backmost tandems person juggled the workload betwixt 2 backs, league sources told ESPN.

The Panthers looked astatine however the Lions person worked with their talented tandem of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, and however the Seahawks did it with Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet erstwhile Carolina caput manager Dave Canales worked successful Seattle.

There besides person been a slew of different two-headed backfields that the Panthers person studied to assistance fig retired the champion mode to deploy Dowdle and Hubbard.

The Panthers' existent program is to usage some Dowdle and Hubbard, who volition instrumentality Sunday against the Jets aft missing the past 2 games with a calf injury. Canales declined to accidental past week which backmost would commencement oregon beryllium featured Sunday arsenic the Panthers question their 3rd consecutive win.

Carolina is looking to ascertain however to rotate Dowdle and Hubbard properly. The Panthers cognize there's nary magic formula, but they besides cognize they request to recognize the runners and the formations they similar to tally retired of. Carolina besides needs some backs to bargain successful to their rotation, with the knowing that it's for the betterment of the team.

A bully portion of the crushed wherefore Carolina finds itself successful this spot is Dowdle, who has performed similar an All Pro implicit the past 2 weeks. He rushed for 208 yards, added 28 receiving yards and scored a touchdown during a Week 5 triumph implicit the Dolphins. He followed that up with 183 rushing yards, a team-high 56 receiving yards and different touchdown against his erstwhile squad successful Carolina's Week 6 walk-off triumph implicit the Cowboys.

Dowdle's 473 yards from scrimmage the past 2 weeks acceptable a Panthers two-game franchise record.

Hubbard carries nary wounded designation into Sunday's crippled and is expected to play. Before being sidelined successful Week 4, Hubbard ran for 217 yards implicit his archetypal 4 games of the season.

"We're some precise talented players,'' Hubbard said. "I can't accidental what it's going to look similar precisely oregon however it's going to be. I'm not the coach. But obviously, 2 large backs. Anytime you tin enactment america connected the field, let's bash it."

Canales hasn't said who is going to commencement against the Jets, but helium made it wide Dowdle volition person a accidental to person a large interaction arsenic the Panthers (3-3) look to gain their archetypal roadworthy triumph this season.

"I deliberation [Dowdle] has earned everything that he's done successful the past 2 weeks," Canales said. "He's earned the close to assistance this team, and helium will. We'll find a mode to bash that. How we bash that specifically, I don't wanna truly stock those details of it."

Dowdle shrugged disconnected speech of who'll beryllium the superior shot carrier.

"It's each up to the coaches astir what goes on," Dowdle said. "Obviously Chuba's been present and he's got his declaration and things similar that, and it's been his squad from the jump, truthful you got to conscionable instrumentality each that into relationship for sure."

ESPN's David Newton and The Associated Pre...