CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales strongly suggested Monday that he will ditch his two-game experiment of evenly alternating series for running backs Rico Dowdle and Chuba Hubbard and give Dowdle a heavier workload.

"Chuba has meant a lot to his organization, certainly to the identity that we wanted to build our team on, and we wanted to give Chuba the opportunity to go out and continue to impact our team in a positive way,'' Canales said as he began preparing for this week's game against the Green Bay Packers (5-1-1). "We cannot ignore that Rico has been exceptional in a couple of games, and then in the opportunities he's had over the last two weeks.

"He's made some excellent plays. Love the tempo and violence that he's running with. And these are all thing

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