Bills release Elijah Moore

[without a drought]

They all suck until they are cut, then it's what where they thinking. 

 

 

[NoSaint]

39 minutes ago, without a drought said:

They all suck until they are cut, then it's what where they thinking. 

 

 

it’s almost like there are lots of opinions out there 

[BADOLBILZ]

21 hours ago, Simon said:

He's a black hole for footballs like Isaiah McKittrick

 

 

Succinctly put.

 

Whether you call it football intelligence or instinct.......there are always some players who just can't translate their gifts because of a lack of it.

 

And it's hard for fans to identify.   Lil' Dummy McKenzie was a good example.  The negative impact he had was significant.

 

CJ Spiller is an all-timer kinda' example of unrealizable talent.  

 

Big red flags for "dumb" players always pop up though.  

 

For Moore it was as simple as following his brutal career passer rating when targeted and INT numbers.   He's literally NEVER been a positive for any offense he'd played in.

 

In an era with less statistical info available you might get a nugget like when Tasker let it slip on air that CJ Spiller wasn't getting more reps late in his rookie year because he still didn't understand the play calls(after playing in a flash card signal system at Clemson).   Then the emergence of the all-22 footage where he clearly had no clue where his blocking was going and was just running to daylight.   Even then, Sean Payton couldn't see it and thought he'd struck gold in FA.

 

Moore just seems to have the spatial awareness of a pinball compared to an average NFL WR.  If the Bills do decide to incorporate more choice routes back into their system that would just further diminish his potential value in their offense.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by BADOLBILZ

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Josh Allen had a 49.1 QBR when targeting Moore 🤯

 

Last year in Cleveland, whoever their QB was had a 44.5 QBR and was picked off 8 times 🤯🤯🤯

 

If your QBs threw 9 picks targeting you the last 2 years, and only completing 55-60% of the targets the last 2 years, it's not just the QB's fault. 

 

Again, a guy we were all surprised made the 53 man roster.

[BillsFanForever19]

4 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

All jokes aside, wouldn't shock me to see him on the practice squad next week 

 

The Patriots or the Bills?

 

Bc I think he's done in this town. It would look *pretty* dumb to have a "mutual parting of the ways", after he approached the team looking for more snaps - only to come back on the Practice Squad.

Edited 3 hours ago by BillsFanForever19

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

9 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

The Patriots of the Bills?

 

Bc I think he's done in this town. It would look *pretty* dumb to have a "mutual parting of the ways", after he approached the team looking for more snaps - only to come back on the Practice Squad.

But it would fit the definition of 'Billsy' for 2025. 😁

[TheyCallMeAndy]

11 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

The Patriots of the Bills?

 

Bc I think he's done in this town. It would look *pretty* dumb to have a "mutual parting of the ways", after he approached the team looking for more snaps - only to come back on the Practice Squad.

Moore clears waivers

Cooks pulls hammy in Q2

Cooks to IR

Moore re-signed 

[quincy]

There seem to be a fair amount of posters that are wondering why Buffalo signed him when Moore doesn't pass the muster analytically. 

 

Were we better off not signing him?! What would have been a successful season here for Moore?

 

I am wondering how, if so many others can see it, how does the Buffalo front office fall into this "mistake" of a signing? 

 

 

[Psautcsk]

6 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

The Patriots of the Bills?

 

Bc I think he's done in this town. It would look *pretty* dumb to have a "mutual parting of the ways", after he approached the team looking for more snaps - only to come back on the Practice Squad.

The Patriots have a bye before playing us, which means 2 straight weeks of hearing how cute it was of the Bills to win the AFC East for a few years from their "fans" here in New England. Beating the Bills a second time this year will take their fair weather fandom to a whole new level and I cringe at the thought of it. I have Pats PTSD and the only cure for it is to have them be irrelevant. The Pats signing ex Bills players and seeing them have success there makes it that much worse. 

[Nihilarian]

35 minutes ago, Psautcsk said:

The Patriots have a bye before playing us, which means 2 straight weeks of hearing how cute it was of the Bills to win the AFC East for a few years from their "fans" here in New England. Beating the Bills a second time this year will take their fair weather fandom to a whole new level and I cringe at the thought of it. I have Pats PTSD and the only cure for it is to have them be irrelevant. The Pats signing ex Bills players and seeing them have success there makes it that much worse. 

Well, Diggs usually starts to fall off a cliff near the end of the season and turns invisible in  the playoffs...so there's that!

[vincec]

On 11/26/2025 at 12:05 PM, notpolian said:

Offensive coordinator is the big need IMO.  You can change out receivers all you want.

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but the passing game was decent last season so I’m not sure what happened.

[Nihilarian]

3 minutes ago, vincec said:

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but the passing game was decent last season so I’m not sure what happened.

A question we are all asking, and perhaps even McDermott. Defenses catch up to QBs and study their habits/tendencies to eventually get the better of them. It's possible that this is what's happened to Joe Brady? The Texan players were laughing about how easy it was to diagnose the Buffalo play calls, so either Brady is seriously inept at his job, or someone is selling the playbook/game plan.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

15 minutes ago, Nihilarian said:

Well, Diggs usually starts to fall off a cliff near the end of the season and turns invisible in  the playoffs...so there's that!

Ah!  He's Lamont Cranston, 'The Shadow'! 😁

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

11 minutes ago, Nihilarian said:

...or someone is selling the playbook/game plan.

We're replacing this season's version of 'Hard Knocks', and replacing it with a new version of an old favourite: 'The Mole: NFL'.

[ColoradoBills]

54 minutes ago, Nihilarian said:

Well, Diggs usually starts to fall off a cliff near the end of the season and turns invisible in  the playoffs...so there's that!

 

He did well in 2020 for the Bills.

 

Horrible in 2021, 2022 and 2023.  

Edited 1 hour ago by ColoradoBills

[BuffaloBillyG]

3 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

The Patriots or the Bills?

 

Bc I think he's done in this town. It would look *pretty* dumb to have a "mutual parting of the ways", after he approached the team looking for more snaps - only to come back on the Practice Squad.

Could simply be a case of him not finding somewhere else and coming back. 

[BillsFanForever19]

36 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Could simply be a case of him not finding somewhere else and coming back. 

 

That would be a hilarious misfire. Even if the "mutual parting of ways" over a disagreement in usage was just PR - putting it out there that you essentially asked for your release over playing time just to come back to a spot where you'd get FAR less playing time as a Practice Squad member would make him look really, really, really dumb.

 

I think he'd sooner sign on to another teams Practice Squad before coming back here after having Schefter say it was a mutual parting of ways over asking for more snaps. I can't think of a time where it was reported someone asked for their release and then immediately came back, let alone coming back to a lesser role.

Edited 6 minutes ago by BillsFanForever19