{"id":178741,"date":"2025-07-03T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/178741\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:21:15","slug":"panthers-stalwart-ol-taylor-moton-believes-another-contract-is-coming-ahead-of-final-year-of-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/178741\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers&#8217; stalwart OL Taylor Moton believes &#8216;another contract&#8217; is coming ahead of final year of deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"gettyimages-2172404246.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-2172404246.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In an era of <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/CAR\/carolina-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> football where little has been stable or able to be relied upon, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1984057\/taylor-moton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Moton<\/a> has been a happy exception. Since becoming the starting right tackle in 2018, Moton has been a constant and performed at a high level, playing in a franchise record 120 consecutive games &#8212; including 104 starts &#8212; and becoming the pillar of Carolina&#8217;s offensive line.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2024, Moton&#8217;s iron man streak ended. He missed two games midseason due to a triceps injury and another game at season&#8217;s end with a knee injury. With Moton set to turn 31 in training camp and entering the final year of his contract, his future has come into focus &#8212; particularly, whether he can hold up physically after years of wear-and-tear. Despite &#8220;chronic&#8221; knee issues that plague many linemen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6461796\/2025\/07\/01\/panthers-taylor-moton-ironman-offensive-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moton told The Athletic<\/a> that he believes he has plenty of football left in him and hopes to finish his career with the Panthers, the only team he&#8217;s played for since being drafted in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Looking forward, I do believe I have another contract in me,&#8221; Moton said. &#8220;But right now my focus is on the 2025 season and making sure  I do whatever I can to have the best season I can for everybody  involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the Panthers&#8217; lack of success in recent years has led to him being passed over for Pro Bowl and All-Pro nods, Moton has consistently been among the best offensive tackles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>, as was the case again last season. Pro Football Focus, for instance, charged Moton with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/taylor-moton\/11819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">only allowing one sack in 538 pass blocking snaps<\/a> a season ago.<\/p>\n<p>Moton&#8217;s play helped the Panthers field one of the NFL&#8217;s most improved offensive lines in 2024. The addition of free agent guards <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2188166\/robert-hunt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hunt<\/a> and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2961926\/damien-lewis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Damien Lewis<\/a> greatly elevated the unit&#8217;s play and helped quarterback <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3161957\/bryce-young\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Young<\/a> go from being benched to returning to No. 1-overall pick form. Carolina has managed to keep their O-Line intact, retaining <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2085289\/austin-corbett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Corbett<\/a>, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2963368\/cade-mays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Mays<\/a>, and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2868209\/brady-christensen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Christensen<\/a> this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images In an era of Carolina Panthers football where little has been stable or able to be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[22657,22660,1476,10418,235,260,2567,27169,7,6,236,3454,7785],"class_list":{"0":"post-178741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-austin-corbett","9":"tag-brady-christensen","10":"tag-bryce-young","11":"tag-cade-mays","12":"tag-carolina","13":"tag-carolina-panthers","14":"tag-carolinapanthers","15":"tag-damien-lewis","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-panthers","19":"tag-robert-hunt","20":"tag-taylor-moton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114790458190643411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}