Chuba Hubbard injured his calf in Week 5. In the two weeks Hubbard missed, his backup, Rico Dowdle, ran for 389 yards and had 473 yards from scrimmage in back-to-back wins.
Hubbard returned in Week 7, and now knows it was a mistake to rush back.
“I think in all honesty, like, I’m a competitor and when I came back from my calf, I wasn’t maybe quite where I wanted to be ,” Hubbard said on Tuesday, via Kassidy Hill of the team website. “Obviously, in the league you’re never gonna be 100 percent. I just want to be there for my team, so maybe rushed it back a little sooner than I should have, which is my own doing.
“I mean, I’m bad at that. I’ve always been.”
In Hubbard’s first four games back, he had only 34 carries for 96 yards and a touchdown with three catches for 25 yards.
“Maybe

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