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Why Chuba Hubbard could see a fantasy dip this season
Yahoo Fantasy's Matt Harmon and Justin Boone look at the questions surrounding the Panthers backfield given the addition of Rico Dowdle. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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Chuba Hubbard, now Hubbard had a great season last year.
I think this is one where we could start to poke some holes in because he wasn't that efficient as a pass catcher last season.
But you know who was efficient as a pass catcher last year?
Rico Dowdle, who the team went out and added, and there has been some comments from the coaching staff that this could potentially be more of a committee backfield where they use Rico Dowdle this season in that role.
Potentially.
So I think that's a scenario where maybe Chuba Hubbard gives up a little bit of the passing.
That bumps him down.
And yet you and I talked recently on the show about the fact that the Panthers have a very nice run out at the start of the season, and I think Chuba Hubbard, for what he maybe will lose in the passing game, he could make up for it with this offense, just generally being better, being in scoring position more often.
Um, so for him there's some question marks there about maybe other guys getting more involved, but in general, I think he's probably going to be OK, but more as an RB2 as those occasional spike Darby one weeks.
Yeah, I mean, Chuba Hubbard last year, 12th among running backs in target shares, so he was used in the passing game.
Um, the Trevor ETN, the 4th round running back that they took, you know, he could, he was like a theory, oh, maybe that he could take some pass catching work, didn't look really ready to play in the preseason, uh, it was not, not, not a lot of highlight moments for him, um, but 68.7% total snaps for Chuba Hubbard last year and he obviously missed time too, so, uh, he didn't play a full, full season.
He has a lot of room to give up some snaps and still be very useful for fantasy football.
So I, I found myself kind of willing to bet on Chuba Hubbard, just cause I, I do find myself to be a little high on this Panthers offense in general.
So, I have Camara and Hubbard, the highest ranked among this group, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth overall.
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