Miles Sanders (shoulder) practices fully for Panthers
Carolina Panthers running back Miles Sanders (shoulder) is listed as a full participant on Wednesday's practice report for Week 8 against the Houston Texans.
What It Means:
Sanders sat out practice with a shoulder injury in Week 6, but he's ready to return coming out of the Panthers' bye. The Panthers are expected to use a "hot-hand approach" in the backfield with Sanders and Chuba Hubbard. Sanders is averaging 3.1 yards on 61 carries this season while Hubbard is averaging 4.5 yards on 54 rush attempts.
Sanders ($6,300) is the RB28 and Hubbard ($6,300) is the RB34 in numberFire's Week 8 rankings. Our models project Sanders for 14.0 touches and 10.1 FanDuel points while Hubbard is projected for 12.6 touches and 8.6 FanDuel points. Among the 36 backs with 50-plus carries this season, Sanders is last in Rushing Net Expected Points per carry (negative-0.26) and Hubbard is ranked third-best.
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