DJ Moore's fantasy numbers will thrive with Bills passing more this season
Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Josh Norris and Hayden Winks discuss why fantasy managers should be high on new Buffalo Bills WR DJ Moore. Check out the full conversation on "Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen .
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Okay, some of these next names we have big disagreements on, okay?
And one of us is pushing the name up the board.
And for that, it's DJ Moore.
He's wide receiver 22 for us.
Again, there's some big discrepancies here.
He's my wide receiver 23.
He's your and consensus wide receiver 26.
This is a name that I've changed a lot on since June- Yeah just because of, you know, the verbiage that's coming out of Buffalo.
You know, I was on location there last week, and so I got a lot of it.
It hit me.
Since Joe Brady took over, I've recycled this, but they've been 31st, 25th, and 30th in drop back rate, and I believe that was purely a Sean McDermott directive, right?
They got rid of Ken Dorsey because he wasn't running the ball enough.
But now that Joe Brady's in charge, the substitute is now the professional, then, oh, he's gonna want to throw the football a lot more.
So yes, what has concerned me in the past with DJ Moore is you could argue you've seen his best football, 80 yards per game down to 57, down to 40 yards, and that last one was with a Ben Johnson offense.
At the same time, if we get a prolific passer in Josh Allen throwing the football a lot more, and it feels like they've moved all the chips in the direction of DJ Moore on these crossers and over routes and get the ball in his hands and let him work, then, I am back in on DJ Moore this season.
Yeah, I think some of the explanation of why he was bad recently was, like, a pure effort thing, and I think that when a team trades for you, is trying to win a Super Bowl, and then gives you an extension on top of that, like, it would be pretty surprising if he, like, wasn't putting in a little bit better effort.
I think that he's also great on the scramble drill, and I think that's gonna be very good for, Josh Allen connection.
I'm with you.
I think they are gonna pass the ball more.
I think they ran the ball because their receivers were so whack the last couple years.
But it wasn't so long ago that Steph Diggs was averaging, like, 1,300, 1,400, yard seasons, as a Buffa-Buffalo Bill.
I do not think that DJ Moore is gonna have that level of production, but he can do a version of that.
The Bills traded him assuming he's going to do some version of that, and I think that DJ Moore can be used in the underneath game as well at times.
I think that more downfield passes, which I think has been the best for DJ Moore throughout his career, I think that's firmly back on the table.
So I, I didn't like the value the Bills got from this.
I think that the value for fantasy is going to be really nice, and I've been moving him up my rankings.
And you're at 43rd overall.
Like, that, that was shocking to me to see you, view him that high.
But I think there's some, there's at least some question marks with the next couple wide receivers that I do understand him just going with the player that's on the best football team.
