Panthers restructure Taylor Moton’s contract to free up cap room

The NFL trade deadline is 4:00pm Eastern time today (Tuesday). There’s been more activity around the trade deadline in recent years as teams have started to find the utility in becoming buyers or sellers based on the way their seasons are going. The Carolina Panthers are just 3-5, but they do technically lead the NFC South. That would suggest they’re more likely to be buyers at the deadline if anything, and they did a bit of bookkeeping to confirm that.

According to Spotrac, the Panthers restructured offensive tackle Taylor Moton’s deal to save themselves $3.5 million against this season’s salary cap. It’s the typical restructure move. They converted some of his base salary (which counts…