This is a comeback story of the highest order because Taylor Moton's life was at risk, blood was splattered all over his chest, and doctors frantically rushed to keep him from dying from a life-threatening emergency.
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Except, he hasn't been an offensive lineman since the offseason because he was exclusively a patient trying to overcome the condition that caused, as he put it, "a multitude of clots in my right lung."
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People die from runaway blood clots.
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I had a friend die from blood clots in 2022.
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Miami Dolphins senior vice president Jason Jenkins died from a bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism due to phlebothrombosis.
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He was in his office at the team's training facility when it happened.
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Jenkins had complained of the pain clots in his legs caused him for months before that.
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He talked about how he had to be careful when he flew because that could impact his condition.
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So when Moton was placed on the non-football injury list in July it caught my attention because there had been reports about it being tied to clots since June.
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And he was in the locker room on Tuesday talking about his victory over a life-threatening condition.
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"I was just hanging out about to take a nap, lay down, and all of sudden it started to feel like my chest was really congested," Moton told a group of reporters gathered at his locker.
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"I thought it was just normal chest congestion.
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But I started to taste blood in my mouth and then I knew something was up."
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One can only imagine what a world-class athlete who hadn't yet reached his 32nd birthday thinks when confronted with a serious medical emergency.
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These guys train to feel invincible.
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But Moton immediately realized he wasn't invincible.
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"I started coughing up blood -- and it was like a lot of it," Moton said.
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"And I could start feeling it leaking through my chest even -- something like really different.
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So, after 15-or-something minutes, I was like 'Yeah, I've got to go to the hospital.
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"Went to the hospital, they were doing CT scans, ultrasounds, trying to find what was going on.
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And that's when they found a multitude of clots in my right lung."
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Moton said doctors to this day have not figured out what caused the frightening episode.
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"They put me on blood thinners, and other than that I was just working," he said.
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"I just couldn't have contact on the blood thinners because having contact on blood thinners can lead to like a brain bleed."
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Moton has been trying to stay in shape but it clearly isn't football shape.
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So he has 21 days to try to reach that kind of physical conditioning before a decision on his season's availability has to be made.
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The Panthers, dealing with injuries on their offensive line, need him as soon as possible.
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The man they're getting back has a different outlook than the one who last played a game in the 2025 season.
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"When you see the blood, you start thinking the worst," Moton said.
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"But thank God I'm still on this side of Earth, right?
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Like past football, man, it makes you count your blessings to be here.
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And this: "Honestly," Moton added, "it gave me more gratitude for life in general."
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