DJ Moore Ruled Out, Josh Palmer Active as Bills Shuffle Receivers in Vegas

The Buffalo Bills are officially playing the late-scratch game tonight in Las Vegas, ruling out DJ Moore while giving Josh Palmer the green light to suit up.

If you spent your Sunday afternoon frantically refreshing Adam Schefter’s timeline to figure out which Buffalo receiver was actually going to play, congratulations on surviving the rollercoaster. Moore’s nagging AC joint sprain finally caught up to him, sending him to the inactive list just in time to ruin a few thousand parlays.

"Adam Schefter reported: 'Bills WR DJ Moore is inactive; Josh Palmer is active.'"

Palmer’s status was the real mystery here. He popped up on the injury report late Friday with a shoulder issue of his own, which is usually the NFL equivalent of a check-engine light turning on right as you merge onto the highway.

Instead, Palmer is active and ready to build on a bizarrely efficient 2026 stat line. The guy only has three catches on the year, but he has turned them into 80 yards and two touchdowns. That is the kind of math that makes you wonder if he should just be running go-routes on every single snap.

For the sickos staring at the prop market, Moore being inactive completely rewires the Buffalo target tree. All those looks have to go somewhere, meaning Palmer and Keon Coleman are suddenly staring down a massive uptick in volume against the Raiders.

The Bills are trying to keep their momentum rolling after a 37-34 shootout win over the Rams last week. We will find out exactly how much they miss Moore’s route-running tonight, but if Palmer keeps finding the end zone every time he touches the football, Buffalo might just survive the desert.