EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J—All week, the Carolina Panthers' running backs had posed the possibility, teased it to the point that it might as well have been a flashing billboard on I-77. The message? This is a team perfectly capable of running a two-running back system with Chuba Hubbard and Rico Dowdle .

On Sunday, the Panthers put it into play.

"It just came out like we thought. We just switched some series and let those guys go out there and play some football for us," said coach Dave Canales. "So I just thought it was a good day, both guys running physically, running aggressive, and it ended up paying off for us."

Hubbard was on the field for the first offensive possession, taking all the snaps at running back for that drive. From there, he and Dowdle switched off each offensive drive,

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