Taylor Moton only allowed 1 pressure on Cam Newton in first career start

[Manther]

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2018/09/12/taylor-moton-only-allowed-1-pressure-on-cam-newton-in-first-career-start/

"36 pass block snaps - 1 pressure allowed"

Moton is legit.

[t96]

If Trai is out he will be the anchor of our line and our best player... A guy who was a backup until 90% of our offensive linemen were taken out by the football gods.

[MechaZain]

Has Matt played RT? Is he stronger than Williams? Like as I understand it LTs can play RT just not necessarily in reverse. Matt gets brushed aside so often on the left side that I can't read his actual strength level.

[Manther]

1 minute ago, MechaZain said:

Has Matt played RT? Is he stronger than Williams? Like as I understand it LTs can play RT just not necessarily in reverse. Matt gets brushed aside so often on the left side that I can't read his actual strength level.

I don't think Matt has played or can play RT.

[Manther]

2 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Also, for those saying we ignored OL, in the span of 5 drafts/UDFAs we could have put together an OL of Moton, Norwell, Larsen, Turner and Williams. 

My concern was we ignored the OL this year...no drafts...no trades... no FA's.   Williams injury is really hurting now.   Matt's injury didn't hurt so much.   

[JakeDel5674]

He and Darryl would've made a combo for the foreseeable future that would've made Panthers fans happy. 

[sharkkiller]

Wasn't his PFF grade horrible though? Certainly not paying $200 for that crap, but I seem to remember that someone posted that they had him graded as really bad.

[Icege]

19 minutes ago, JakeDel5674 said:

He and Darryl would've made a combo for the foreseeable future that would've made Panthers fans happy. 

I have been looking forward to next season already, regardless of the results of this one, because I felt like we would finally have those two as our bookends.

The fact that Moton is going to get starting time now has me so friggin pumped. I'm excited to see how he develops this season and am absolutely giddy over the return of Williams. Van Roten has been solid and Turner is a Pro Bowler. Find ourselves a new center (Larsen?) and Cam has an OL for the rest of his career.

[JakeDel5674]

3 minutes ago, Icege said:

I have been looking forward to next season already, regardless of the results of this one, because I felt like we would finally have those two as our bookends.

The fact that Moton is going to get starting time now has me so friggin pumped. I'm excited to see how he develops this season and am absolutely giddy over the return of Williams. Van Roten has been solid and Turner is a Pro Bowler. Find ourselves a new center (Larsen?) and Cam has an OL for the rest of his career.

Not sure Williams is back. He's going to want to get paid, and after an injury, you know how that goes. 

[ellis]

I like 72, but he was very average in the running game. 

[Manther]

1 minute ago, JakeDel5674 said:

Not sure Williams is back. He's going to want to get paid, and after an injury, you know how that goes. 

Cut Matt, eat the dead money, pay Williams.

[Pantherxtreme]

25 minutes ago, je1005 said:

I like 72, but he was very average in the running game. 

Far better than  that, him an Van Roten have been a nice duo in the run game. 

[Pantherxtreme]

2 minutes ago, Pantherxtreme said:

. DP

 

[t96]

1 hour ago, stbugs said:

Amazing that Moton never got a chance last year either. If Matt, Daryl and Amini were never hurt, Moton would be the jumbo tackle this year.

Also, for those saying we ignored OL, in the span of 5 drafts/UDFAs we could have put together an OL of Moton, Norwell, Larsen, Turner and Williams. Man, why couldn’t Ryan have retired after 2016 so Matt would have never come here. We could have been “forced” to start Moton at LT as a rookie.

We were never going to keep Norwell and Trai together past their rookie deals. Teams don’t pay two guards top 5 money.