The Facts: In late January, the Panthers and Stewart made a slight adjustment to the five-year, $36.5 million contract extension they reached last August, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to "Shutdown Corner". Stewart was scheduled to earn $1 million in fully guaranteed base salary in 2013. Under the renegotiation, Stewart's base salary was lowered to $715,000 – and became fully guaranteed a few days after Super Bowl XLVII.

Diehards Line:In addition to his 2013 salary being fully guaranteed, by remaining on the Panthers' roster three days into the start of the 2013 waiver wire period, Stewart's $1.5 million base salary in 2014 and $2.5 million of his $4.25 million base salary in 2015 are now fully guaranteed. That's probably not good news for DeAngelo Williams, who signed a five-year, $43 million contract that included $21 million in guaranteed money in 2011. Williams is scheduled to earn $5 million in non-guaranteed cash compensation in 2013 and figures to be released with a "post-June 1" designation, which would allow the Panthers to split the $9.6 million in remaining signing bonus proration over the next two league years ($3.2 million in 2013, $6.4 million in 2014) and free up $5 million cap space this season.