NFL decision-makers show little respect for the Buffalo Bills' receiving corps.
Jul 23, 2025; Pittsford, NY, USA; Former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady, who is now the team's head coach, pats wide receiver Joshua Palmer on the helmet during a previous training camp practice | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Buffalo Bills President of Football Operations and General Manager Brandon Beane sent shockwaves throughout Western New York last offseason when he scolded local radio hosts for suggesting that he hadn’t done enough to address the wide receiver position.former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, who was ultimately sent to the Denver Broncos in a blockbuster deal back in March.
Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Corey Coleman talks with Buffalo's general manager, Brandon Beane, after Coleman's first training camp practice with the Bills back in 2018. At the time, the receiver had just been acquired by Beane in a trade with Cleveland. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters ConnectBoy, does Beane ever love to tell the media and the fanbase just how close he’s gotten to landing a big fish in recent seasons of the past, no pun intended.
Jan. 4, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Former Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore runs onto the field before an NFL game between the Bears and the Detroit Lions at iconic Soldier Field. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The Bills’ head man in the front office is desperate, no matter how much of a poker face he tries to put on.
He even doubled down at the position by drafting former University of Connecticut standout wide receiver Skyler Bell in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL Draft in April. And, both Bell and Moore appear to be promising additions to the roster, at least to those within the fanbase and the locker room.
However, when it comes to decision-makers around the league, Buffalo’s group of receivers isn’t very highly touted. Oct. 5, 2024; London, United Kingdom; The Nike jerseys Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Chicago Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore , as well as several other players' jerseys, are shown on display at the NFL Shop at Tottenham. Moore and Allen are now teammates in Buffalo.
| USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConnectIn fact, none of the team’s wideouts were even mentioned in ESPN’s recent anonymous poll, which surveyed executives, coaches, and scouts around the league in an attempt to pin down theBuffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen goes over routes with wide receiver Joshua Palmer during the second day of Buffalo Bills training camp practice held at St. John Fisher University in Pittsford, New York, last summer on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
| USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect Despite Moore likely being the best receiver to be paired with Allen since Stefon Diggs, the former Chicago Bear and Carolina Panther receiver—who has four 1,000-yard seasons in his first eight years in the league—apparently isn’t much of a “needle-mover” within the eyes of executives, coaches, and scouts around the league. Moore has experience in new head coach Joe Brady’s offense, though, as the two were together when Brady was the offensive coordinator in Carolina from January 2020 to December 2021, so there’s an expectation that it won’t take too long for the former 2018 first-round pick to get acclimated in Western New York.
And, it’s quite possible that he and Allen, who is undoubtedly the best quarterback he’s ever caught passes from in his career, could form quite the dynamic duo this season much like how Buffalo’s franchise quarterback did with Diggs in their first season together back in 2020. Former Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore signals for a first down after making a reception against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin | USA TODAY Network via Reuters ConnectSo, despite what outside pundits might say, fans shouldn’t be too down on the receiving core that’s currently assembled in Buffalo. With that in mind, it will be up to Moore, Bell, Khalil Shakir, Joshua Palmer, and Keon Coleman to prove the doubters wrong this season.
If the group is able to elevate its game collectively, then it could go a long way in helping Buffalo’s “Brady Bunch”Detroit Lions cornerback D.J. Reed tries to stop Chicago Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore after he made a catch during the first half of an NFL game at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
| USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect Here is the full top-10 list of NFL receivers according to the recent ESPN poll, as well as the players listed as “honorable mentions”:3. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle Seahawks, Age: 246. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys, Age: 279. A.J.
Brown, New England Patriots, Age: 292. Mike Evans, San Francisco 49ers, Age: 325. Drake London, Atlanta Falcons, Age: 24John W. Green is a contributor for Bills ON SI after previously working for USA TODAY Sports Media Group’s Bills Wire, as well as the Buffalo FAMbase blog. He is a former sports reporter for the Press-Republican daily newspaper in New York’s Champlain Valley covering local high school, collegiate, and semi-professional sports for three counties.
A former associate sports editor for SUNY Plattsburgh’s student-run newspaper, Cardinal Points, which was inducted into the Associated Collegiate Press H.O. F. in 2010, John covered the school’s 2014 D-III NCAA national champion women’s hockey team. John is also the editor of BILLieve in Buffalo on Medium.com. He has a bachelor’s degree in newspaper and multimedia journalism from SUNY Plattsburgh.
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