{"id":771599,"date":"2026-02-23T18:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771599\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:34:29","slug":"d-j-moores-nfl-career-surprisingly-puts-him-in-elite-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771599\/","title":{"rendered":"D.J. Moore’s NFL Career Surprisingly Puts Him in Elite Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears<\/a> receiver D.J. Moore has been in the NFL since 2018 and has had his fair share of hardship.<\/p>\n

Regardless, he hasn’t let that determine his level of play and has been a consistent receiver in this league. He enters his fourth season with the Bears in 2026, and the franchise is very fortunate to have him.<\/p>\n

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He was lucky to start his NFL career with the Carolina Panthers. He had Cam Newton throwing him the ball from 2018-2019. Then, Newton joined the New England Patriots, and Moore’s quarterback was Teddy Bridgewater.<\/p>\n

Still, Moore was able to finish with 1,193 receiving yards in 2020. Moore went over the 1000-yard mark in 2021 with Sam Darnold. His number dipped in 2022, but Moore still had a respectable 888 receiving yards and led the team.<\/p>\n

Then in 2023, the Bears traded for Moore and sent the No. 1 overall pick<\/a> to the Panthers. Moore had a career-high 1,364 receiving yards with Justin Fields under center. That speaks volumes about the kind of talent he is.<\/p>\n

He almost broke 1000 yards in 2024, finishing with 966 receiving yards during Caleb Williams’ rookie season. He ended the 2025 season with 682 receiving yards.<\/p>\n

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Moore’s consistency has helped him stand out during his NFL career. However, he is also on an elite list of wideouts.<\/p>\n

He is now 28, but before he turned 27, Moore joined a prestigious group of receivers. Moore had the eighth-most career receiving yards<\/a> before turning 27, joining the likes of Justin Jefferson, Randy Moss, DeAndre Hopkins, CeeDee Lamb, Mike Evans, Larry Fitzgerald and Ja’Marr Chase.<\/p>\n

The Bears receiver had over 6,000 career receiving yards before his 27th birthday. With the kind of names on that list, it’s definitely some elite company.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Moore’s future with the Bears is in question. He is still on his four-year, $110 million contract with Chicago, and won’t become a free agent until 2030, according to Spotrac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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There have been rumors that the Bears may consider trading him. His name has been featured in multiple mock trades for Las Vegas Raiders edge rusher Maxx Crosby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moore has made it clear he would love to stay in Chicago, but that contract is weighing heavily on the Bears’ cap space.<\/p>\n

It can be hard to find a receiver like Moore. However, his time with the Bears’ organization could be coming to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears receiver D.J. Moore has been in the NFL since 2018 and has had his fair share…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[1036,7571,235,260,2567,1121,391,2498,4695,7,493,2780,5746,393,10360,700,249,6,236,3866,1878,300],"class_list":["post-771599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-caleb-williams","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-ceedee-lamb","tag-chicago-bears","tag-d-j-moore","tag-deandre-hopkins","tag-football","tag-justin-fields","tag-justin-jefferson","tag-larry-fitzgerald","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-maxx","tag-mike-evans","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-receiving-yards","tag-sam-darnold","tag-teddy-bridgewater"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116121388651772526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}