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"He's an excellent player, he's an excellent professional, he's an even better person," the coach said. "You hear me talk about the brand and certain types of guys, and he's all that. He's an excellent, excellent player. He's a great pro. Never, never, never any question about anything, really about anything about him.
"He's just exactly what you want in your organization."
They clearly want him to continue to be.
Moton has played every snap this season, and played them well, and there's a reasonable argument that he's been the team's most consistent player. He'll turn 27 during training camp next year, meaning these are his prime years.
Also, other teams watch film too, which means he won't be cheap.
Moton could hit the market at a time when right tackles are starting to get paid like their counterparts on the left side. Trent Brown got a startling four-year, $66 million deal from the Raiders at the start of free agency in 2019, and the Eagles locked up Lane Johnson with a four-year, $72 million extension last year.
More recent deals for left tackles have been near or above the $20 million a year mark (Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari's $23 million average leads the list, followed by the Texans' Laremy Tunsil at $22 million, and Baltimore's Ronnie Stanley at $19.75 million). But Moton is established on the right and will likely be paid like one of the top few at his position.