Of course, he said he felt well enough that any absence might not be a long one. He said he hurt himself during safety Lathan Ransom's interception return, when he turned to block mammoth Steelers tight end Darnell Washington (6-7, 264).
"I'm doing pretty good, a little nicked up, but I should be right," he said, as he pulled a sweatshirt on without much of a wince. "On the interception that Lathan had, I had turned around, seen Darnell Washington, ducked my shoulder into him, tried to block his big a--, and on the impact is where it happened."
Umanmielen said he had X-rays, "and everything was intact," and head coach Dave Canales said they would monitor the situation in the coming days.
"We're going to basically monitor that, tonight, monitor it tomorrow, just kind of see how it presents," Canales said. "Right now, still sore enough, couldn't get the strength back tonight to get him back out there.
"So you know this is a guy that's going to be with us, so we just wanted to be smart about that."
The Panthers were already without their other rookie pass rusher, as Nic Scourton remains inactive after his collapsed lung in Houston.