Orchard Park, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550/WBEN) - It appears the Buffalo Bills have found their new top wide receiver for quarterback Josh Allen.
According to multiple reports, the Bills are finalizing a trade with the Chicago Bears to acquire wide receiver D.J. Moore. ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter was the first to report the deal, and adds Buffalo is also receiving a 2026 fifth-round pick as part of the trade.
In return, the Bears will receive a 2026 second-round pick from the Bills.
Moore has spent the last three seasons with the Bears after being acquired from the Carolina Panthers during the 2023 offseason. He was originally a first-round pick (24th overall) of the Panthers in the 2018 NFL Draft out of the University of Maryland.
In 51 games played with the Bears, the 28-year-old reeled in 244 passes for 3,012 yards and 20 touchdowns. This past season only saw Moore grab 50 passes for 682 yards, though he did grab six touchdowns.
Arguably his best season thus far came in Chicago during his first season with the Bears in 2023, where he caught 96 passes for 1,364 yards and eight touchdowns.
In the five years prior with the Panthers, Moore caught a total of 364 passes for 5,201 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Two of Moore's most productive seasons in the NFL came with the Panthers in 2020 and 2021, where he grabbed 159 passes for 2,350 yards and eight touchdowns. His offensive coordinator those two seasons was Joe Brady, who is now head coach of the Bills.
Over the last five seasons, Moore has reeled in the 10th-most receiving yards of any pass-catcher in the league and the 15th-most receiving touchdowns.
Moore is set to join a wide receivers room in Buffalo that currently includes Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer, Curtis Samuel and Tyrell Shavers.
The Bills cannot formally announce this deal until the start of the new league year on Wednesday, March 11.
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