The most overlooked member on the Carolina Panthers roster should be hard to miss.

NFL Media’s Tom Blair and Gennaro Filice recently named the most underappreciated player for each of the league’s 32 teams. Filice took the reins for the NFC squads, and highlighted longtime starting right tackle Taylor Moton for Carolina.

He writes:

Moton is a rock-solid right tackle. That’s really the best way to describe him. The last pick of the second round back in 2017, Moton took over the Panthers’ starting RT job in 2018 and has capably manned it since. While he’s never made a Pro Bowl, he has made 113 starts, including an ironman streak of 104 in a row that came to an end this past October, when Moton missed two games with a triceps injury. According to Pro Football Focus’ charting, he has only allowed one sack in three of the past four seasons. To be clear, Moton is indeed appreciated by the Panthers, who gave him a four-year, $71.25 million extension back in July of 2021. But as the 30-year-old heads into a contract season, I question whether the wider football-watching public recognizes Moton’s immense value as a reliable bookend in a league that just doesn’t have enough quality offensive linemen.

That contract season has become an interesting topic of conversation over the past few months.

Moton is set to account for a massive cap hit of approximately $31.3 million in 2025. If they want to lighten that load and free up some extra money, the Panthers could rework the contract by adding more years beyond the upcoming campaign.

But, in what’s been a curious non-move to many, they haven’t touched the pact this offseason.

President of football operations and general manager Dan Morgan was asked about Moton’s future last month.

“Yeah, we love Taylor,” Morgan told reporters in April. “Taylor is, obviously, a really good player. We’re excited about him and this season and from there, we’ll get together and we’ll figure out the future. But right now, we’re focused on the now.”

Up to now, Moton—one of the surest presences this franchise has ever had—has been worth every penny.

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