Getting Taylor Moton deal done was key to future
Extending right tackle Taylor Moton‘s contract last week was significant for a number of reasons, including the fact that four of their five starters on the line will be together through the 20207 season.
That keeps them from having to find a starter at Moton’s level next year, but Morgan emphasized that level was such that keeping Moton was a priority for a simple football reason.
“T-Mo, he’s one of those guys that doesn’t get talked about enough,” Morgan said. “He’s consistently on that right side, consistently being great, consistently protecting the quarterback.
“Nobody pays attention to him because nobody’s getting to the quarterback on that side. He’s just a great player, even better person. I know that’s kind of cliche, but he truly is like a great guy, great player, he’s everything we want in a Carolina Panther.”
The move fits with the other players they’ve extended since he’s been GM — Derrick Brown, Chuba Hubbard, Jaycee Horn — as the kind of work-ethic guys they want to build around.
And if that seems like a message, that’s intentional.
“When you perform around here, and I want the locker room to know that, is when you perform around here and you do things the right way, you’re going to be rewarded,” Morgan said. “And that’s just going to be our philosophy around here now. There’s always factors to where maybe you don’t have enough money or stuff like that, but if at all possible, we’re going to pay the guys that do things the right way and play football at a high level.”
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