When asked about Stewart's (tibia) status for Sunday's game against the Bucs, coach Ron Rivera indicated Thursday, "maybe. We'll see."

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Rivera offered the same assessment for fullback Mike Tolbert, while suggesting on that front that the Panthers will "see how everybody is come Saturday morning and we'll go from there." Perhaps we'll hear something more definitive regarding Stewart's status Friday, but he'd presumably need to participate in practice in some capacity in order to be in the team's backfield mix this weekend. Meanwhile, Fozzy Whittaker and Cameron Artis-Payne represent the team's top two healthy options at running back behind Stewart.