CHARLOTTE — Panthers head coach Dave Canales said that running back Rico Dowdle has looked good in practice all week, and he's encouraged about the progress he's made with the quadriceps issue that's had him on the injury report the last two weeks.

Dowdle was a full participant on Friday and has no injury designation for the game, meaning he's good to go Sunday against the Falcons.

"Today he looked great," Canales said. "He moved around yesterday, did some things, and got him out there today again, and he's ready to go."

Dowdle was held to 53 rushing yards last week against the Saints, but he still leads the NFC and is third in the league with 788 rushing yards.

He didn't practice Wednesday, and was limited on Thursday.

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