DJ Moore is a Buffalo Bill now, and he’s not holding back on how he feels about his former quarterbacks. When NFL Network asked the newly acquired wide receiver to run through the arms he’s caught passes from, he lit up for Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold and Cam Newton. Then Caleb Williams came up. The energy changed.
“He’s getting there,” Moore said on NFL Network. Pressed to say more, he added: “He’s still growing. He’s an automatic superstar now. Madden (NFL 27) cover. He’s on the up.”
It reads fine on paper. It didn’t sound the same way it read. NFL Network posted the clip on X, and the video spread fast among Bears fans who noticed the gap between Moore’s tone for his old quarterbacks and his tone for the guy he spent two seasons catching passes from in Chicago.
How Moore Ended Up in Buffalo
The comments come five months after Chicago traded Moore. In March, the Bears sent Moore and a 2026 fifth-round pick to Buffalo for the Bills’ 2026 second-round selection, a deal that became official when the new league year opened, according to the Bills’ own announcement. Chicago later flipped that second-rounder to the Tennessee Titans as part of a separate draft-day trade.
Moore reunites in Buffalo with head coach Joe Brady, who called plays for him in Carolina in 2020 and 2021 — the most productive stretch of Moore’s career, per NFL.com, including 1,193 yards in 2020. He now steps into a Bills receiver room that includes Khalil Shakir, Josh Palmer and Keon Coleman, and he becomes the outside threat Josh Allen has been missing.
| Category | DJ Moore, 2025 (Bears) | DJ Moore, career high (2023, Bears) |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 50 | 96 |
| Receiving yards | 682 | 1,364 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 8 |
Those 2025 numbers were career lows across the board, a steep drop from the season that made him one of the league’s more feared deep threats. It’s the kind of stat line that tends to color how a receiver talks about the quarterback who threw him the ball.
Fans Connect It to the Playoff Interception
The clip revived chatter about whether Moore and Williams ever fully clicked. Reaction on X ran hot. “Man, DJ didn’t like Caleb at all, did he? SMH,” wrote one fan. Another, @PAX1745, asked why it seemed like Moore had a problem with his old quarterback. A third fan, @JimGottberg, floated a production-based theory — that Moore was frustrated the numbers with Williams never matched his career norms as a steady 1,000-yard receiver. That’s speculation from a fan account, not a confirmed motive, but it captures the general mood of the replies.
Some of the responses pointed straight back to the Bears’ divisional-round exit. Chicago lost 20-17 in overtime to the Los Angeles Rams on Jan. 18, when quarterback Kam Curl intercepted a deep Williams throw intended for Moore. Williams called it a “miscommunication” after the game, telling reporters he saw the front-side safety come down and tried to flatten the route while Moore stayed vertical, according to CBS Sports. Moore actually finished that game with five catches, 52 yards and a touchdown — a solid night overall — but he drew criticism afterward over his effort on that specific route, criticism Williams pushed back on publicly.
None of that history proves any real tension between the two. Williams never blamed Moore for the interception, and Moore never said anything publicly critical of Williams until this new clip surfaced. What fans are doing now is connecting dots after the fact, and it’s worth being clear: that’s speculation, not confirmed fact.
“He’s still growing. He’s an automatic superstar now. Madden (NFL 27) cover. He’s on the up.” — DJ Moore, on Caleb Williams, via NFL Network
What It Means Going Forward
Moore and Williams will get one more look at each other this season. The Bears travel to Buffalo for a Saturday night game in Week 15, set for Dec. 19 on CBS — Chicago’s first regular-season trip to Buffalo since 2018.
For now, Moore is Buffalo’s problem to build around, and Williams is entering his third season in Chicago trying to build chemistry with a receiver room that no longer includes his old No. 1 target. Whether Moore’s comments were a genuine dig or just a receiver being a little more candid than usual, it’s the kind of clip that will follow both players into that Week 15 matchup.
