Overview

• Hubbard is expected to play against the Jets after missing two games with a calf injury and carries no injury designation.
• Dowdle logged 473 scrimmage yards over the past two games, a franchise-best two-game total that secured him a continued role.
• Head coach Dave Canales declined to name a starter and said Dowdle has earned the right to help the team, with coaches controlling how touches are divided.
• ESPN reported that Carolina examined how the Lions’ Jahmyr Gibbs–David Montgomery and the Seahawks’ Kenneth Walker III–Zach Charbonnet pairings are managed.
• ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported the backs are expected to trade series early with flexibility to adjust based on game flow, underscoring the need for both players to buy in.