D.J. Moore is set to be back in the Buffalo Bills’ lineup again Monday night, and this time the shoulder issue that has followed him for weeks isn’t expected to keep him out.
Moore is expected to play against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football after being limited in every practice last week. Buffalo kept him on the injury report Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and he continued to wear a red non-contact jersey, but he was not tagged with an injury designation on the final report.
That’s a good sign for the Bills, who enter the matchup at 6-1 and face the 6-1 Vikings at 8:15 p.m. ET Monday, Nov. 9, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Moore’s return comes after a stop-and-start stretch with the shoulder injury that first surfaced in Buffalo’s Week 2 win over the Detroit Lions. He came back the next week against the Los Angeles Chargers, then aggravated the issue in a Week 4 loss to the New England Patriots. That led to missed games against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 5 and the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 6, before Buffalo’s bye in Week 7.
He was back on the field Nov. 1 in Buffalo’s 36-10 win over the Baltimore Ravens, and he made the most of it. Moore caught four passes for 82 yards and a touchdown, giving the Bills a needed boost after sitting out two straight games.
There was another brief scare late in that Ravens game when Moore hyperextended his knee in the fourth quarter. He said afterward that his knee was feeling OK but planned to have it checked, and it did not show up on Buffalo’s injury report this week.
Through five games this season, Moore has 16 catches for 260 yards and two touchdowns.
Buffalo will be without Joshua Palmer, who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury. The Bills are expected to announce their inactive players about 90 minutes before kickoff.
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