Carolina Panthers running back Miles Sanders (shoulder) is not on the injury report for Week 8 against the Houston Texans on Sunday.
Sanders practiced in full all week and is ready to return from a one-game absence. 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 RB30 and Hubbard ($6,300) is the RB36 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 8.5 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.
Source: Carolina Panthers