Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle put together one of the best games of his career as the team shocked the Miami Dolphins over the weekend – and it led to a warning for his old team, the Dallas Cowboys.

Dowdle ran for 206 yards on 23 carries and scored a touchdown. He also had three catches for 28 yards. With the Panthers now 2-3 on the season, there appeared to be some momentum building ahead of their Week 6 matchup against the Cowboys.

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The fifth-year running back eyed his former team.

"They got to buckle up," Dowdle said Sunday of the Cowboys, via ESPN. "I think they know for sure. They didn't keep me there for five years for no reason."

On Monday, Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer responded to the running back’s warning.

"It'll be good to see Rico this weekend," Schottenheimer said, via Panthers Wire. "I know we're gonna have to buckle up, he said. We'll bring our seatbelts, Rico. We'll buckle up. Can't wait to see him though."

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Dowdle joined the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He only received seven carries in his first season and missed the entire 2021 season due to a hip injury.

He came back strong in 2022 – mostly appearing on the special teams as he was behind Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard on the depth chart. 

He finally got his chance to shine in 2024. He ran for 1,079 yards on 235 carries. He scored two touchdowns.

Dowdle joined the Panthers with the expectation of sharing time with Chuba Hubbard. But Hubbard has been banged up and, once again, it’s Dowdle’s time to put in the work.

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Amy McGrath, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate who got walloped by incumbent GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2020, losing by nearly 20%, has mounted a bid to replace the long-serving Republican lawmaker who is not seeking re-election in 2026.

"Our democracy is under siege, cowards in Washington are bowing to Donald Trump, and Kentuckians are paying the price," she wrote in a post on X, which also featured a campaign video in which she declared, "What we're seeing in this country from this president, not normal, dangerous, for Kentuckians, and for all Americans."

Prior to getting trounced by McConnell in 2020, McGrath lost a 2018 House race to incumbent Republican Rep. Andy Barr.

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McConnell has held the seat since 1985.

The Bluegrass State has not elected a Democratic senator for more than three decades.

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The last time Kentucky voters picked a Democrat to represent them in the upper chamber was when incumbent Sen. Wendell Ford won re-election in 1992.

McGrath was "the first woman in the Marine Corps to fly a combat mission in an F/A-18," according to her campaign website, which notes that during "20 years of service, Amy flew 89 combat missions."

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She will face competition in the Democratic primary from others on the political left who are also vying for the Senate seat, including state Rep. Pamela Stevenson, the Kentucky House minority floor leader, and others.