Taylor Moton has found a home at right tackle

[Sir Purr]

But here’s another thing typical of most offensive linemen – they like to have a home.


And after a couple years of switching back and forth from right and left tackle, Moton has set up shop on the right side of the line next to Pro Bowl right guard Trai Turner.


“I think for anyone it’s more comfortable to know you’ve got a prominent position,” Moton said after a recent training camp practice. “But at the same time, as camp goes on, I don’t know what might happen. It’s a crazy game and you always have to be ready for sudden change.


“I make sure I pay attention and know the whole scheme so I’m ready to go at guard, left tackle, shoot, even center. I want to know the whole offense so I’m ready for it.”


That’s the reality for NFL offensive linemen. They’re often cross-trained in the event of a catastrophe, which the Panthers have experienced before.


But as the Panthers map out their plans for 2019, Moton is the starting right tackle, and it’s a no-brainer.


It wasn’t always that way. Some observers wondered if Daryl Williams would reclaim that position. It was Williams who started every game at right tackle in 2017 on his way to second-team All-Pro recognition.


And if you recall, Moton made his first career start in the 2018 season opener at left tackle, with Williams lining up at right tackle until suffering a season-ending knee injury in that game against the Cowboys.


But with Williams done for the year, Moton went on to start the remaining 15 games at right tackle and he flourished.


Pro Football Focus listed the offensive tackle as one of the NFL’s 10 breakout performers, backing the assessment statistically by giving him the 15th best pass-blocking efficiency rating among tackles. Williams, meanwhile, has been running with the first team at left tackle since returning to action, and rookie Greg Little has been rotating in behind him.