The Carolina Panthers have an injury to keep an eye on this week and it comes in the form of running back Rico Dowdle.
Dowdle, who is in the midst of a career year, was listed on the injury report with a quadriceps issue last week before ultimately suiting up.
And he is once again on the injury report this week with the same injury, according to ESPN's David Newton, so his status will bear monitoring the rest of the week.
Here's what we know about Dowdle's status head of Sunday.
Rico Dowdle injury update
According to Newton, Dowdle did not practice on Wednesday because of his quad issue.
"Rico Dowdle (quad) got his second straight Wednesday off for the Panthers," Newton wrote.
Will Rico Dowdle play in Week 11?
As Newton notes, Dowdle didn't practice last Wednesday before logging a limited session on Thursday and a full practice on Friday, which led to him being removed from the injury report.
Chances are this is just a maintenance day more than anything else for Dowdle, who has been carrying a huge workload in recent weeks.
Knowing all that, there is no real concern for Dowdle's Week 11 status at the moment. If he doesn't practice on Thursday, we'll start to be worried.
Who is Rico Dowdle's handcuff?
That would be Chuba Hubbard, who was initially Carolina's starter before Dowdle went nuclear and jumped him on the depth chart.
If Dowdle doesn't play, Hubbard would be an RB2 play in all formats against an Atlanta Falcons defense ceding the fourth-most fantasy points per contest to running backs.
Of course, if Dowdle suits up, he's a must-start RB1, regardless of matchup.
Dowdle ranks as RB10 overall, which is made more impressive by the fact that he hasn't been a starter all year long. Over the last five weeks, Dowdle ranks as RB4 overall, and two of those weeks saw him split work with Hubbard.
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