It's onward and upward for new Bills wide receiver DJ Moore, who was dealt for the second time in his career this past week.
Introduced to Buffalo on Thursday, Moore said Josh Allen is ready for the pairing to get to work.
"It's a warm welcome, I'm just glad to be here," Moore said. "[Allen] is ready for me to get there and get going."
Moore, who was acquired from Chicago for a 2026 second-round pick (the Bills also received a fifth-rounder), is expected to be Allen's No. 1 receiver going forward. It's a role that the Bills have struggled to fill since Stefon Diggs' departure after the 2023 season as no Buffalo wideout has eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark in the two seasons since.
"He's a field general," Moore said of Allen. "You see him out there trying to conduct things and the way he does it, is successful, and I just want to be a part of that."
The 28-year-old veteran is one of eight players with 3,000-plus receiving yards and 20-plus receiving TDs since 2023, but is coming off a down season with the Bears. Moore saw career lows in receptions (50) and receiving yards (682) in 2025, but was part of a successful late-January run where he contributed 11 receptions for 116 yards and two scores in two playoff games.
Moore is looking to maintain that type of success for a Bills club that has reached the postseason every year since 2019 but has yet to reach the Super Bowl in that span.
"Last year was my first winning season, so I got a taste of what everybody has been getting a taste of here in Buffalo," Moore said. "It was good. It was fun. The atmosphere was amazing. ... I look forward to getting back there with the Bills and going further."
Moore will reunite with new Bills head coach Joe Brady, who directed the wideout's breakout stretch as the Panthers offensive coordinator. Moore compiled 159 receptions for 2,350 yards and eight TDs in two seasons with Brady as his OC -- results he remembers were derived from the high standards set by Brady.
"[Go] out there every day and just getting better [by] one percent," Moore said of Brady's coaching style. "The little things or the most needed things that we needed to focus on, he always harped on them; and he never took his foot off the gas."
Moore added that he felt his time in Chicago "ran its course" despite last season ending on a "great note." The wideout feels ready to make late-season runs with the Bills but is carrying no expectations on his personal stats.
Rather, Moore will be looking to do whatever it takes to get the Bills over the playoff hump.
"I never look at any season as they're going to be the same," he said. "I just go into it with a free mind, no goals for the past. Like this past year I didn't have no goals. So, I think this year I'm going to the same with it because it turned out to be a winning season. It just clears your mind of you not thinking about 'Oh am I getting catches, am I getting targets, what?' It's just letting you just play free."
