Panthers' Moton sidelined with lung blood clot as offensive line crisis deepens

In the quiet before a season meant to confirm their resurgence, the Carolina Panthers find themselves confronting something older than football — the fragility of the human body and the way injury can unmoor even the most carefully constructed plans. Taylor Moton, a nine-year constant on the right side of the offensive line, has been diagnosed with a pulmonary blood clot, joining left tackle Ikem Ekwonu on the sideline and leaving a team that dared to believe in itself suddenly without its two pillars of protection. The Panthers enter training camp not as a team building forward, but as one le