The chance to play with the reigning NFL MVP, Josh Allen, swayed receiver Elijah Moore to join the Buffalo Bills.
"For me, it's more like my whole career, I haven't really had too many great opportunities with a stable quarterback the entire season," Moore said Monday, via the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "Being blessed with the opportunity to, God willing, have 17 for the entire season with the MVP at that, a top-tier caliber player, top-tier caliber team, top-tier caliber coaches, putting you in position -- I feel like it would just be the best position that I've been put in yet."
Moore has yet to play with an in-prime top-tier signal caller.
A second-round pick by the New York Jets in 2021, Gang Green sported Zach Wilson, Mike White and Joe Flacco during Moore's rookie season. The trio and Chris Streveler started games in 2022. Moore was then traded to Cleveland for the next two years of his career. It was more of the same for the QB-shuffling Browns. In the past two years, Cleveland has had nine signal-callers start games: Flacco, Deshaun Watson, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, P.J. Walker, Jeff Driskel, Jameis Winston and Bailey Zappe.
Going from that mess to playing with Allen, Moore believes he can finally show off his talent.
"I have run into some quarterback trouble," he said. "I can't throw the ball to myself. The guys that I have played with in the past were not bad quarterbacks, I'm saying that, it's just kind of the situation. I've been playing with so many guys ... feels like five quarterbacks every single season, you know."
In four years, Moore has generated 200 career catches for 2,162 yards and nine touchdowns. He's never broached the 700-yard mark in a single season.
The Bills' receiver corps enters the 2025 offseason with questions outside Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman. Allen has proven he can put up points despite not having a star-studded wideout room. Moore should have every chance to carve out a role in Western New York this offseason. If he falls short, he can't blame the quarterback situation.
