The Buffalo Bills were bashed for trading for Chicago Bears WR D.J. Moore.
The Buffalo Bills made a big trade this offseason, acquiring D.J. Moore from the Chicago Bears.
One NFL exec wasn't a fan of the trade at all.
“D.J. Moore was gonna get cut, and they gave up a second-round pick to get him,” one exec said, via The Athletic. “They gave up a second-round pick and $40 million (in guarantees). What is going on?”
“D.J. Moore has two years of regression now,” another exec said. “He is a non-traditional receiver that wins with size and yards after the catch. I still feel they needed someone that could win down the field. Moore can do that — he did it to beat Green Bay. But I feel like his strength is on the underneath catch-and-run stuff, which they already have with (Khalil) Shakir.”
Moore had 50 catches last season for 682 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns with the Bears. The former Panthers WR finished his Chicago career with 244 catches for 3,012 receiving yards and 20 receiving touchdowns.
Moore enters next season with 608 receptions for 8,213 receiving yards and 41 receiving touchdowns. New Bills head coach Joe Brady worked with Moore on the Panthers, so he's looking forward to reuniting with the Maryland product.
"DJ has a unique skill set," Brady said. "He can play inside, he can play outside, he can run-block. He makes dynamic plays down the field. Knock on wood, he plays, he practices. He's out there every day. He's playing every game, and he is playing and he's not coming off the field. That's unique at the wide receiver position … I've been wanting to coach him for the last few years, and so having that opportunity to kind of do it again excites me."
Brady replaces Sean McDermott, who was fired after the Denver Broncos game playoff game. Josh Allen and Brady have a close relationship, one that should extend to Moore soon.
"Having a guy like DJ it's going to help both of them," Brady said. "[Defenses] can't just focus on one particular person. It gives us another layer of somebody on the outside. Khalil and Dalton have attacked a lot of the middle of the field, a lot of the inside zones … It was important to get a skill set like DJ, a guy that can stretch it, can win one-on-one, can get the ball in his hands, and he can win on a slant."
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