Following the Carolina Panthers ‘ significant 40-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 8, Head Coach Dave Canales addressed the glaring disparity in production between running backs Rico Dowdle and Chuba Hubbard during the postgame press conference.

Canales’ comments signaled that the team is grappling with internal discussions regarding their backfield usage and rotation. Carolina Blitz highlighted this uncertainty by quoting the coach on X.

“These are definitely conversations we’re going to have.”

This looming discussion is directly fueled by the clear difference in efficiency since the team implemented a split backfield approach two weeks ago with the return of Chuba Hubbard.

While Hubbard was sidelined with a calf strain in Weeks 5 and 6, Rico Dowdle delivered historic outp

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