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Welcome to PFF’s NFL Usage and Production Report—your one-stop for the fantasy football utilization you actually need. This hub pulls together snap counts, routes run, targets per route run (TPRR), carry share, red-zone usage, alignment, ADOT, time to throw, situational splits, fantasy points and so much more, so you can quickly spot role changes and act before your league does. Use it for waiver wire decisions, buy-low/sell-high trades, rest-of-season (ROS) rankings context, dynasty stashes, DFS builds, and prop research.

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1. Chuba Hubbard leads the Carolina Panthers’ backfield

Hubbard played over 50% of Carolina’s offensive snaps for the first time since Week 8.

Hubbard started the season as the Panthers’ starter, while Rico Dowdle played on third downs and was the primary backup. Hubbard missed Weeks 5 and 6, where Dowdle ran 53 times for 389 yards and a touchdown while catching seven passes for 84 yards and a touchdown. Hubbard remained the starter for his first two weeks back, but Dowdle continued to outplay him on fewer carries.

This led Dowdle to take over as the lead back in Week 9. Dowdle’s playing time increased to 79.2% of the offensive snaps in Week 10 and 82.5% in Week 11, but his yards per carry fell to 2.9 and 2.4 in those games. Hubbard became the Panthers’ third-down back last week to help balance things out. Carolina only ran 43 plays last week, and they were behind for all of those plays, so Dowdle wasn’t given many opportunities.

Dowdle started this week, but after a few touches, Hubbard mixed in. Hubbard gained seven yards on his first carry, six on his second and caught a 35-yard pass to finish off the first drive. Dowdle remained the primary early-down back over the rest of the game, but Hubbard mixed in on early downs more than he had in recent weeks after getting the hot hand. Hubbard remained the third-down back, and Carolina ran 13 plays in those situations. 

The two split carries over the rest of the game, but Hubbard ended up with more yards. Carolina has its bye next week, which will give the team time to consider how to split snaps between the two running backs. Dowdle will likely keep the starting job, but Hubbard will continue playing on third downs and mixing in more than he had been on early downs. Both running backs are worth at least considering for fantasy starting lineups, but Dowdle will no longer be a must-start player.

2. Breece Hall plays a season-high 87.9% of the offensive snaps