DJ Moore: questionable for Sunday against Baltimore (shoulder)
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THE FACT. Bills head coach Joe Brady said receiver DJ Moore is questionable for Buffalo's Week 8 game against the Ravens with a shoulder injury, per NBC Sports. Moore was limited at Thursday's practice, according to NFL.com's league-wide practice report.
THE VERDICT. A questionable receiver with a shoulder issue usually suits up, but the injury is the kind that quietly shrinks a target share. Redraft: start him as a WR3 if you have nothing better, and get a bench receiver into an active slot as insurance. DFS: fade until the Sunday inactives confirm him. Dynasty: no change to his value.
Limited all week would normally spook me too, but the DFS fade is where you lose me. In the two games he actually started before the shoulder, Moore averaged nine targets and about 142 air yards with a 36.7 percent target per route rate. That is alpha usage, not a WR3 if you have nothing better. Now he comes off the bye into a game totaled at 53.5, and half the field sits him out of fear until inactives drop. Low ownership on a guy that involved is the leverage, not the risk. Starting him as a WR2.