CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard will miss Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins because of a nagging calf injury, coach Dave Canales confirmed.

Rico Dowdle will start in Hubbard's place with Trevor Etienne and DeeJay Dallas serving as backups.

Hubbard played through the injury last week at New England but saw his regular heavy workload reduced. Canales said Hubbard didn’t come out the Week 4 game as well as he had the previous week and needed some rest to recover.

Canales called Hubbard day to day.

“We couldn't get Chuba around quickly enough to feel confident enough to get him out there," Canales said. “We thought this would be a good week to get him back to strength, back to health. We will keep looking at him through the weekend and take a look

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