Yahoo fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Chris Allen discuss how the new Bills wide receiver could see a huge uptick in 2026 as he teams up with former offensive coordinator – and now head coach – Joe Brady. Check out the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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We gotta categorize as a winner here, regardless of what you think about the price that the Bills paid to get him or his contract, I think we do have to say D.J.
Moore is, without question, a winner coming out of free agency, going to the Buffalo Bills.
the, the reality is here, like, he just was not a fit in Ben Johnson’s offense.
he was targeted at the lowest percentage from a rou- like a targets per route run perspective of his entire career.
It was, like, sub 17% in the regular and postseason combined.
And I was trying to s- I was trying to explain this to James Co yesterday, where at different times last year, it just felt like 10 guys were running the Bears offense, and then D.J.
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Moore was kind of doing his own thing.
And I don’t mean that to take a shot at D.J.
Moore, I just think he wasn’t really a system fit, and I think that’s been borne out at this point.
And I think it was always kind of, “Hey, we’re gonna have you around here for one more year, and then we’ll probably be, we’ll be gone,” in terms of this relationship.
Landing with the Buffalo Bills is huge for D.J.
for a variety of reasons.
We’ve talked about the familiarity, of course, with Joe Brady.
But one thing I’ve continued to kind of think about and marinate on is just D.J.
Moore’s route tree, and you see that, like, what he ran a lot last year, from a percentage standpoint, when I charted him, was a lot of those, like, post routes, which to, to clear stuff out, honestly, like the most sacrificial re-rece- the most expensive sacrificial, receiver in the league.
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Ran a lot of, like, dig routes, out routes, stuff like that.
But if you actually look at the routes that he’s best on, as we’re showing here on the screen right now, post Or excuse me, go routes, like, nine routes, curl routes, kind of those deeper stops, which is a lot of what he ran with Justin Fields in that first year in Chicago, and it’s a lot of what Keon Coleman has run for the Bills as the X receiver on this team.
A lot of go routes and stop routes.
Obviously, Coleman’s not great at separating.
Moore, when he’s on, is a good separator, even if he’s not the best route technician from a details perspective.
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I just think he fits really well with Josh Allen, I think he fits really well, well with Buffalo.
So very curious to see where the ADP might be on him, Chris.
Mm-hmm.
But I think he does have to get categorized as a winner here.