D.J. Moore’s return is still up in the air, but the Buffalo Bills have at least put him in position to play.
Moore is listed as questionable for Sunday’s Week 8 matchup with the Baltimore Ravens after taking part in practice on a limited basis all week. He wore a red non-contact jersey during all three sessions, a sign the Bills are still being careful with the shoulder injury that has kept him out of two games.
Buffalo hosts Baltimore at 1 p.m. ET Sunday at Highmark Stadium, and the team will reveal its inactive list about 90 minutes before kickoff.
That means Moore’s status should become official by 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Bills have already taken the cautious route with Moore, sitting him against the Los Angeles Rams and Las Vegas Raiders. Earlier in the week, head coach Joe Brady said that decision was frustrating for Moore, but the club viewed it as the right move for his long-term health.
“It was tough him not playing in those games,” Brady said. “But obviously we know the importance that he brings to our football team to our offense, the toughness, the play-making ability.”
Moore has not played since Buffalo’s Week 4 loss to the New England Patriots. Before this season, he had gone without missing a game since 2020.
“This was new territory for me, so I just had to accept the fact that I had to heal and had to go from there," Moore said this week. "Somebody put out a video, and I was sitting there on the sidelines while we were practicing.
We were about to go do routes on air. I was just standing there, like a sad little kid who couldn't go outside with his friends.
Those two weeks were like that.”
The shoulder issue first surfaced in Buffalo’s Week 2 win over the Detroit Lions. Moore came back the next week against the Los Angeles Chargers, then aggravated the injury against New England in Week 4.
He was inactive for the Rams game in Week 5 and the Raiders game in Week 6, then used the Week 7 bye to keep recovering. This week, he was limited Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Through four games this season, Moore has 12 catches for 178 yards and one touchdown.
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